Category: Jane Eyre

Section A: In this section I will be analysing Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, It is a prequel to English novelist Charlotte Brontës most prominent novel, Jane Eyre. This extract takes place in the latter half of the postcolonial novel, part three in section seven. In this essay, I am going to make a…

In the Victorian period, the view on women was around an image of women as both inferior and superior to men. They did not have legal rights, could not vote and had to pay for the labor force after the Revolution. Women have to do their inner space, clean their homes, eat their homes and…

It is safe to say that despite fleeting moments of humour, Charlotte Brontës Jane Eyre (1848) is not a funny book. Nonetheless, the low, slow ha! ha! of Bertha Rochester is a prevalent refrain that has received wide-ranging critical attention. The examination of laughter beyond Berthas celebrated utterances has, however, been neglected. Laughter itself is…

There have been various approaches applied to Charlotte Brontes Jane Eyre and Jean Rhys Wide Sargasso sea. The struggles of women in the Victorian era in finding their identities and gaining acceptance within a male dominated society is evident in both novels. This essay will look into and compare a feminist and psychoanalytical approach to…

In this essay as you can see, I will mention the Bildungsroman which are samples of Victorian age English literature. As a result of research, you can find answers to questions such as: How was the Victorian age? How affected in literature? What is Bildungsroman? What are the features of Bildungsroman? How did it come…

Published in 1847, Jane Eyre shocked Victorian England. Written in a form of a Bildungsroman, usually reserved for the male voice, the story follows Janes journey of maturation as she develops her own identity. We see her grow from a child with unfortunate circumstances into an assertive woman who is able to marry a man,…