Watson 1 Jane Eyre Literary Analysis
Nautica Watson
Ms.Lovin
AP Literature
02/08/18
SOCIAL CLASS STATUS IN JANE EYRE
Charlotte Bronte's novel by the name Jane Eyre is set in Victorian England, a place that social class played a huge factor in life as well as in society. Therefore, the novel plays a critical role in exploring the Victorian England strict hierarchy. Of importance, is that through Jane the main protagonist in the novel, Charlotte attempts to show that social class relationships lack absolute boundaries hence they can be crossed. Bronte achieves this by making sure that Jane's social class drifts from low, middle to upper. Seemingly, Jane flexible and sophisticated social class makes it easy for her to evaluate other characters …show more content…
Notably, Bronte achieves this by flipping Jane's social class at the end and showing that the change in the social class did not change her character. Therefore, Bronte succeeds in showing that social class boundaries are not absolute and that people can transcend them. Therefore, the review seeks to explore how Bronte portrays social class status in the Jane Eyre novel.
Seemingly, Jane Eyre reviews the importance of the strict social class hierarchy that characterizes Victorian England. In the novel, Jane the main character occupies an ambiguous social class in the society. However, based on the flexibility of her social positioning she drifts through the entire spectrum of social classes ranging from homeless vagabond to the upper class of married women. However, despite her social class drifting, her status in society fail to increase, and it keeps ranging between the upper and lower ends of the social spectrum. Hence, just like her parents her status become socially ambiguous, (Fraiman, 616). In the novel, the derogative attitude associated with the social class in society first occurs when John Reed …show more content…
Seemingly, Jane starts thinking about these questions when he meets Blanche Ingram. Unlike Jane, Blanche comes from an upper social class family and hence she is beautiful and wealthy. Significantly, her encounter with Blanche gives her a different perspective about life, and she realizes that her social class is holding her back from being with Mr. Rochester. She says, "that a greater fool than Jane Eyre had never breathed the breath of life: that a more fantastic idiot had never surfeited herself on sweet lies, and swallowed poison as if it were nectar," (162-63). The statement shows Jane's self-realization. Notably, in the statement, Jane refers to herself in a third party perspective as a strategy to express her self-pity. Jane employs the use of words like fool and idiot in the statement as a strategy to mock herself for believing that from a social class she could ever be good for Mr. Rochester. The episode gives Jane a chance to re-evaluate her life and approaches in society. The episode drastically affects her confidence, and unlike before, she begins to regard to other characters in the society regarding their social class status. The self-realization forces her to flee as a strategy to find clarity in her life. In the new strange town, Jane faces absolute poverty. She says, "I remembered that strangers who arrive at a place where they have
Nautica Watson
Ms.Lovin
AP Literature
02/08/18
SOCIAL CLASS STATUS IN JANE EYRE
Charlotte Bronte's novel by the name Jane Eyre is set in Victorian England, a place that social class played a huge factor in life as well as in society. Therefore, the novel plays a critical role in exploring the Victorian England strict hierarchy. Of importance, is that through Jane the main protagonist in the novel, Charlotte attempts to show that social class relationships lack absolute boundaries hence they can be crossed. Bronte achieves this by making sure that Jane's social class drifts from low, middle to upper. Seemingly, Jane flexible and sophisticated social class makes it easy for her to evaluate other characters …show more content…
Notably, Bronte achieves this by flipping Jane's social class at the end and showing that the change in the social class did not change her character. Therefore, Bronte succeeds in showing that social class boundaries are not absolute and that people can transcend them. Therefore, the review seeks to explore how Bronte portrays social class status in the Jane Eyre novel.
Seemingly, Jane Eyre reviews the importance of the strict social class hierarchy that characterizes Victorian England. In the novel, Jane the main character occupies an ambiguous social class in the society. However, based on the flexibility of her social positioning she drifts through the entire spectrum of social classes ranging from homeless vagabond to the upper class of married women. However, despite her social class drifting, her status in society fail to increase, and it keeps ranging between the upper and lower ends of the social spectrum. Hence, just like her parents her status become socially ambiguous, (Fraiman, 616). In the novel, the derogative attitude associated with the social class in society first occurs when John Reed …show more content…
Seemingly, Jane starts thinking about these questions when he meets Blanche Ingram. Unlike Jane, Blanche comes from an upper social class family and hence she is beautiful and wealthy. Significantly, her encounter with Blanche gives her a different perspective about life, and she realizes that her social class is holding her back from being with Mr. Rochester. She says, "that a greater fool than Jane Eyre had never breathed the breath of life: that a more fantastic idiot had never surfeited herself on sweet lies, and swallowed poison as if it were nectar," (162-63). The statement shows Jane's self-realization. Notably, in the statement, Jane refers to herself in a third party perspective as a strategy to express her self-pity. Jane employs the use of words like fool and idiot in the statement as a strategy to mock herself for believing that from a social class she could ever be good for Mr. Rochester. The episode gives Jane a chance to re-evaluate her life and approaches in society. The episode drastically affects her confidence, and unlike before, she begins to regard to other characters in the society regarding their social class status. The self-realization forces her to flee as a strategy to find clarity in her life. In the new strange town, Jane faces absolute poverty. She says, "I remembered that strangers who arrive at a place where they have