The Victorian Era was Queen Victoria’s reign over the British Empire. During this time, there was a clear contrast between the place of males and females. Women were made to act and be a certain way, any other idea pertaining was wrong. These girls were expected to be righteous and good, their needs came after the ones of everyone else and their sole purpose was to serve their families. The men however were deemed superior and were expected to save the damsel in distress. This period is characterized by great literature respective of that time. Fantastic tales of gothic histories, poetry and romantic stories saw the light of day. Many of these stories encompass the women’s situation in comparison to the men’s. In Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
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This novel was originally published under the pseudonym of Currer Bell because the Brontë sisters strongly believed they would have more success using male names. This maintains the preconception of a woman’s success being very much inferior to a man’s during that time. Jane Eyre has many important male characters that express how Charlotte regards men in the nineteenth century. On account of how they treat Jane, she shows that they are flawed and not superior to women contrary to the belief of the time. It was a delicate subject because very few agreed with Brontë. When she reaches adulthood, Jane takes on the job of a governess at Thornfield manor where she meets her master Mr. Rochester. Rochester is a rich man who isn’t handsome. He is very moody, mysterious and his behavior is very unpredictable. Rochester tries to boss Jane around and assert superiority over her on account of his wealth and position. Jane however stands her ground, she knows he is far from perfect and puts him in his place when he tells her to leave for …show more content…
This idea was made standard by the poem of the same title written by Coventry Patmore in which the ideal woman was portrayed. He based this perfect woman on his late wife who in his eyes was ideal. He describes her as too much for his simple words, beautiful, compliant, docile and calm. The poem is very bias because the author wrote it in the image of a woman he favored not taking into consideration anyone else. Accordingly women needed to be in control at all times, ready to serve their families all while being powerless and meek. If a woman acted any different she was assumed mentally unstable or mad. Brontë fashioned her main character to rebel against this theory multiple times to show what she though of this impossible belief. Women were expected to stay home and cater to their families needs, never was she to be anxious or irritated. Our protagonist was everything but calm, even employed which was already unusual for women she got bored. When she became a teacher at Lowood, she because restless after a few years “ I tired of the routine of eight years in one afternoon. I desired liberty” (Brontë 85) Likewise when Jane decides to leave Rochester she is very unwilling but pushes on because she thinks of herself. She finds pity in her situation and decides to act upon it for her own good. Contrary to the desired behavior of a woman who would give in to Rochester’s wishes,
This novel was originally published under the pseudonym of Currer Bell because the Brontë sisters strongly believed they would have more success using male names. This maintains the preconception of a woman’s success being very much inferior to a man’s during that time. Jane Eyre has many important male characters that express how Charlotte regards men in the nineteenth century. On account of how they treat Jane, she shows that they are flawed and not superior to women contrary to the belief of the time. It was a delicate subject because very few agreed with Brontë. When she reaches adulthood, Jane takes on the job of a governess at Thornfield manor where she meets her master Mr. Rochester. Rochester is a rich man who isn’t handsome. He is very moody, mysterious and his behavior is very unpredictable. Rochester tries to boss Jane around and assert superiority over her on account of his wealth and position. Jane however stands her ground, she knows he is far from perfect and puts him in his place when he tells her to leave for …show more content…
This idea was made standard by the poem of the same title written by Coventry Patmore in which the ideal woman was portrayed. He based this perfect woman on his late wife who in his eyes was ideal. He describes her as too much for his simple words, beautiful, compliant, docile and calm. The poem is very bias because the author wrote it in the image of a woman he favored not taking into consideration anyone else. Accordingly women needed to be in control at all times, ready to serve their families all while being powerless and meek. If a woman acted any different she was assumed mentally unstable or mad. Brontë fashioned her main character to rebel against this theory multiple times to show what she though of this impossible belief. Women were expected to stay home and cater to their families needs, never was she to be anxious or irritated. Our protagonist was everything but calm, even employed which was already unusual for women she got bored. When she became a teacher at Lowood, she because restless after a few years “ I tired of the routine of eight years in one afternoon. I desired liberty” (Brontë 85) Likewise when Jane decides to leave Rochester she is very unwilling but pushes on because she thinks of herself. She finds pity in her situation and decides to act upon it for her own good. Contrary to the desired behavior of a woman who would give in to Rochester’s wishes,