Hypocrisy In Jane Eyre

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Throughout the novel, Jane encounters three different doctrines of Christianity. First of all, Mr. Brocklehurst believes in Evangelicalism which is full of hypocrisy. He mischievously treats the young girls in the Lowood with cruelty and disrespect. He also hypocritically advocates perverted evangelical Christian morals in his sermon. On the other hand, the Christian belief that Helen has is agape love with absolute forgiveness and tolerance. Despite of Mr. Brocklehurst’s injustice, Helen silently takes all the unjust punishment. St. John Rivers is the last model whom Jane observes over the novel. He is a sincere Christian with steadfast faith and practices utter piousness, principle, and righteousness. He proposes to Jane although he does

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