Brontë utilizes the motif of deceit through dialogue to depict the corruption of authority. Jane Eyre establishes the motif of deceit by presenting Mrs. Reed’s façade towards the world, stating she is outwardly nice, but secretly cruel to Jane. By opening stating her deceit, Jane is calling out society’s acceptance of her “bad” and “hardhearted” personality, as they accept Mrs. Reed’s accusations of Jane. Later, Mr. Brocklehurst deceives the girls of his school by imposing a double standard from “every precept and principle” of his religion, restricting the students from having natural curly hair, but allowing his family to fashion themselves with the same curls, while remaining respectable. Brocklehurst’s dialogue demanding that his students
