Jane Siberry

The novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë displays a variety of different themes throughout the novel. During the time period in which the novel was published, Great Britain had begun their conquest of Africa and Southeast Asia in a scramble for resources, causing mass death and suffering as a result of the native resistance. Thomas Tracy argues that Jane Eyre is written through a perspective of colonial criticism. Tracy claims that the ending of the novel exemplifies this theme with St. John’s mission

novel Jane Eyre has both of these qualities, characterizing it as a coming-of-age novel. The pivotal moment when Jane decides to leave Thornfield and her true love Rochester display her growth throughout the book. This decision in Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre is significant because it marks Jane’s transition from the innocence of childhood, and with the help of Helen Burns, to the maturity of adulthood while demonstrating the constant struggle between passion and reason. To begin, when Jane is still

In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë shows the power imbalance between Jane and Mr. Rochester through the usage of symbols. Throughout the novel thus far, Mr. Rochester repeatedly refers to Jane as some sort of animal, such as “a wild frantic bird” and “a stray lamb” (293, ch. 23, 321, ch. 25). Analyzing these two passages of Mr. Rochester’s thoughts about Jane will reveal the strange dynamic between the two and the meaning of the cage symbol in the context of their relationship. In the first

Charlotte Brontë published Jane Eyre in 1847; the novel is a Bildungsroman concerning a Victorian woman metamorphosed into an “other,” resulting from her nonconformity and disenfranchisement, and her advancement into a state of independence. Jane Eyre is predominantly the focus of contemporary feminist criticism: Jane is hailed as the epitome of female empowerment, as she overcomes prejudice and forges an equalitarian position amongst the draconian gender caste of Victorian England. However, in “’Not

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is set in the 18th century, when the future of society relied on social class. According to social class, the relationship between Mr.Darcy and Elizabeth should have been impossible, but they are able to break through these restrictions.The progression of Elizabeth and Darcy’s relationship through the obstacles of breaking through social class dominates the novel. Jane Austen illustrates the restrictions of the social construct of class based on wealth along with

There has been an ongoing debate about Austen as a feminist writer and whether Lady Susan is a feminist text, as its characters adhere both to the expectations of women and also oppose them. Lady Susan herself can be seen as taking a feminist role, as she shows independence after the recent death of her husband. Notably, one of the greatest arguments against Austen is that she did not identify as a feminist, as the era of ‘feminism’ had not come about yet. Nevertheless, Austen’s work is littered

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is a classic Victorian novel that shows the “epic love story” between the heroine Jane and Mr Rochester. However, if a reader was to delve deeper and look between the lines, they would realise that Bronte’s novel in fact covers a wide range of societal issues circulating in 1840’s England. I am going to be exploring the connotations of colonialism, the blame of the mentally ill, and the submissiveness of females that are described in chapter 27, when Mr Rochester explains

find a new home, Jane finally finds Moor House where everything “grows in harmony with and echoes its environment” (Fuller 160). This reflects the spectacular, new family she finds in St. John, Mary, and Diana. This is a significant change from any other location where Jane has stayed before as she is now able to “sit in the sunshine, calm[ly] and sweet[ly]” (Brontë 373), and “nature almost climbs through the window to embrace the house’s inhabitants” (Fuller 160), symbolizing that Jane is very close

though people don’t like them they’re still important, they eat dead birds and get their nutrients back into the soil. People would gladly help endangered pandas and or Tigers, but when it comes to any what Jane Goodall world call “creepy-crawlies”, people don't care. We need more people like Jane Goodall who care for these unloved creatures. She learned from two friends who were researching the American burying beetle that they were going extinct, And she watched as Lou Perotti and Jack Mulvena helped

This essay will discuss how the novel’s Emma and Wuthering Heights demonstrate that an individual who marries an individual with equal social standing and fortune are more likely to live a more safe and comfortable life. Throughout the novel Emma by Jane Austen, Emma is a naïve young woman who has everything that she could ever want to be able to live a comfortable and fulfilling lifestyle. However, Emma is stricken with boredom and a overwhelming feeling of lacking a purpose in life when her beloved