The novel Jane Eyre can be viewed through a feminist lens because of love, wealth, different obstacles and being employed. “Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical or philosophical discourse. It aims to understand the nature of gender inequality. It examines women 's social roles, experience, interests, and feminist politics in a variety of fields, such as anthropology and sociology, communication, psychoanalysis, economics, literature, education, and philosophy.” (Wikipedia) Feminist theory believes that even man and woman should be treated the same. Feminist believe inequality. Men and women should both be able to be employed. Many women should be able to live evil. Men women should be able to love their spouse. Men
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Jane 's uncle gave her his inheritance, allowing her to be wealthy. This is important because women weren 't wealthy or just given money to like Jane was. Women being wealthy was not common and look down upon according to people who are against females. Not only should women have been able to be wealthy, but they should be able to have true love also. Another reason the novel is feminist is because women actually could love their spouse. For instance, Rochester wanted to marry Jane Jane wasn 't ready so she said no and he was confused on why she didn 't just say yes. Eventually she said yes. Basically, Jane eventually knew she really loved him and married him. This shows that Jane married who she really loved and didn’t marry, just because he asked. The significance of this is feminist think it 's okay for women to marry when they actually find love, versus doing it just …show more content…
For example, Rochester was looked at as being able to do what he wanted and having more freedom. This means men had more power than women and had the ability given by society to do more. This shows that men and women should have equality. This signifies that if Jane were Rochester, she would be expected more of her and feminist support that. For example, Jane was treated wrong and wasn 't very wealthy in the beginning. This means basically, women weren 't expected to do very much. This shows that men and women should be expected to do the same things. This signifies that if Rochester and were Jane, he wouldn 't be treated right but feminist think they should be treated equal. As a result men and women should have equal
Jane 's uncle gave her his inheritance, allowing her to be wealthy. This is important because women weren 't wealthy or just given money to like Jane was. Women being wealthy was not common and look down upon according to people who are against females. Not only should women have been able to be wealthy, but they should be able to have true love also. Another reason the novel is feminist is because women actually could love their spouse. For instance, Rochester wanted to marry Jane Jane wasn 't ready so she said no and he was confused on why she didn 't just say yes. Eventually she said yes. Basically, Jane eventually knew she really loved him and married him. This shows that Jane married who she really loved and didn’t marry, just because he asked. The significance of this is feminist think it 's okay for women to marry when they actually find love, versus doing it just …show more content…
For example, Rochester was looked at as being able to do what he wanted and having more freedom. This means men had more power than women and had the ability given by society to do more. This shows that men and women should have equality. This signifies that if Jane were Rochester, she would be expected more of her and feminist support that. For example, Jane was treated wrong and wasn 't very wealthy in the beginning. This means basically, women weren 't expected to do very much. This shows that men and women should be expected to do the same things. This signifies that if Rochester and were Jane, he wouldn 't be treated right but feminist think they should be treated equal. As a result men and women should have equal