Category: Jane Eyre

Exploring Female Oppression in Patriarchal Societies There are evident intertextual links between Brontës Jane Eyre and Du Mauriers Rebecca particularly in their presentation of female oppression within patriarchal societies. Both authors use first-person narration to convey internal conflict, and couple this with the external conflict explored through the themes of class and gender. Whilst Du…

Charlotte Brontë and Daphne Du Maurier represent society and class systems within both Rebecca and Jane Eyre. Brontë gives us insight into a society overwhelmed by the patriarchal class structure and skillfully unravels the bildungsroman of Jane Eyre, who started as an orphan but quickly intermingled with stereotypical female roles within the 19th century. On…

You might have heard the quote follow your heart but take your brain with you at least once in your life. Meaning, love without any hesitation but trust your reasoning when your head fights with you. Throughout Jane Eyre, Jane is described as a passionate but reasonable person. She proved reasonable when confronting her aunt,…

In Charlotte Brontes Jane Eyre, Jane Eyre encounters three different figures in her life: Mr. Brocklehurst, Helen Burns, and St. John. They represent their own established versions of religion that builds upon the foundation of her faith to God. These versions are presented in order to contrast the opinions of Jane which play a central…

In The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte focuses on how women try to unravel their mind from the social conventions that they must live with day by day. Gilman and Bronte analyze how women is forcefully living in a haunted atmosphere and tries to slowly move away by…

Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts, as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, to absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow-minded in their…

Introduction Exploring the concepts and themes that contribute to the portrayal of females within literature is a highly relevant topic in todays critical climate. These concepts have historical and contemporary application that may help unveil and discuss female portrayals in literature, and thus are worthy of investigation. Charlotte Brontes classical novel Jane Eyre (1847) is…

In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte gives her audience a detailed account of the significance of social class hierarchy and class consciousness during the nineteenth century in Victoria England as well as the impact they played specifically in the life of the main character Jane Eyre a lost soul, searching to find her true…

The Victorian period was known for its strictly defined values and highly regulated culture. Charlotte Brontes biographically-styled narrative uses the novel form and characterisation of Jane Eyre to critique these intense values. This process compelled individuals to reassess their perspectives of the Victorian era and adjust their views on society. Bronte is challenging these realities…

Middle class women were brought up to be pure and innocent, tender and sexually undemanding, submissive and obedient to fit the glorified angel in the House (Thackerays The Angel in the House). Women were not expected to express opinions of their own outside a very limited range of subjects, and certainly not be on a…