In the Victorian era, women were thought as inferior to an dependent being to a man. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, is a true portrayal of society’s attitude towards women in the Victorian age.The average Victorian woman was not granted with freedom. They were expected to marry and raise children. Women were discouraged for their fight of independence. In the novel, Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte uses characterization to demonstrate the theme of independence and gender equality. One of the main themes in Jane Eyre is independence, especially for women because it is not very accepted in that time. This theme is commonly shown in the character Jane. When Jane finds about Rochester's wife and decides to leave him she tells him- “I care for
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They are not supposed to try for more, most women just accept this as their life. This is not Jane, she wants more for herself and isn’t going to let her gender stop her: “Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as much as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts, as much as their brothers do” (Bronte 73). This clearly gave a image of Jane's purpose as a character to the readers. Jane is well aware that people will disapprove of her dissatisfaction and desire for a new, more active life and she defends believes. The part of the quote “women feel just as much as men feel” really stands out because that would have been a brave statement to make at the time. Women were seen more as an accessory than a human being. This just shows how brave Jane is to show how she a independent woman. All throughout the novel Jane Eyre, Jane has expressed her strong beliefs about a woman’s rights. One of these times is when Jane tells Rochester- “Do you think I am an automaton?- a machine without feelings?... it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and stood at God’s feet, equal, as we are!” (Bronte 168). In this scene, Jane overcomes the gender inequality she has felt at
They are not supposed to try for more, most women just accept this as their life. This is not Jane, she wants more for herself and isn’t going to let her gender stop her: “Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as much as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts, as much as their brothers do” (Bronte 73). This clearly gave a image of Jane's purpose as a character to the readers. Jane is well aware that people will disapprove of her dissatisfaction and desire for a new, more active life and she defends believes. The part of the quote “women feel just as much as men feel” really stands out because that would have been a brave statement to make at the time. Women were seen more as an accessory than a human being. This just shows how brave Jane is to show how she a independent woman. All throughout the novel Jane Eyre, Jane has expressed her strong beliefs about a woman’s rights. One of these times is when Jane tells Rochester- “Do you think I am an automaton?- a machine without feelings?... it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and stood at God’s feet, equal, as we are!” (Bronte 168). In this scene, Jane overcomes the gender inequality she has felt at