Bronte

“The most painful goodbyes are the ones that are never said and never explained”-Unknown Quote. In ‘Cold In the Earth’ by Emily Brontë and ‘Because I Could Not Stop For Death’ by Emily Dickinson, both of the authors approach the theme of death differently. For instance, Brontë portrayed death in a melancholy way, whereas Dickinson portrayed death as calm and not frightening. Although both poems are juxtaposed, they both share similar literary devices such as: symbolism, imagery and mood.…

Pollock, in her journal, “(An)Other Politics of Reading "Jane Eyre””. The parallels between the two sources are apparent in the positioning of Bertha as a symbol for the struggles all women in the patriarchal nineteenth century succumbed to, including Brontë herself. Both sources are also akin to each other in their understanding of Bertha as a more spiritual being or figment of Jane’s inner psyche than one…

it is critical in the manner in which it portrays the life and actions of the upper class and the way in which they treated those of lower classes. The two reviews criticise the novel as they are based on class and gender ideologies which Charlotte Bronte opposes in the text. One can see by the title, “The Christian Remembrance”, that their publications were of a traditional nature. The review insults women by indicating that only a woman would lack sense to publish what she deems important as…

herself and achieve her goals because as a woman, she is not taken seriously. Bronte writes, “Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts, as much as their brothers do … It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex,” (Brontë, 115). Jane explains that “women feel just as men feel,” but her society…

passes away, Hindley gains custody of Wuthering Heights. His first act as master of the estate is to degrade Heathcliff by “[driving] him from their company, [depriving] him of the instructions of the curate, and [insisting] he labour like a servant” (Bronte 223). Hindley’s refusal to let Heathcliff be educated or treated as an equal starts the lifelong animosity the two share for each other. Heathcliff makes it his personal, unrelenting mission to reduce Hindley to the low level he once was…

gap is bridged when Mr. Rochester puts aside his superiority in favor of a relationship, and Jane points it out: “‘Very few masters would trouble themselves to inquire whether or not their paid subordinates were piqued and hurt by their orders’” (Bronte 161). The fact that she refers to herself as a “paid subordinate” re-emphasizes her inferiority as employee; however, he chooses to disregard this fact because he wants someone to talk to. His need for a confidant causes him to make sure Jane is…

Dunsinane Hill shall come against him” (4.1 92-94). Insiders are a relationship destruction. In Wuthering Heights Edgar was one of them. He took Catherine’s heart and hand in marriage and she told Nelly “It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff..” (Bronte 81). Catherine’s choice to do that ruined more than just Heathcliff’s…

would soar cloud-high. You are still bent on going” (Bronte 119). But, one side Rochester give her authority only to be a listener rather than narrator that means he also want her to be cage bird, and obeyed him. Furthermore, physically, Jane is again compared with bird by Rochester when he took her into his arms to kiss her. “Jane, be still; don’t struggle so, like a wild, frantic bird that is rending its own plumage in its desperation” (Bronte 216). Rochester feel her is beginning to grow,…

The novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte emerged in the mid-nineteenth century when women were defined by strict social and gender expectations. The novel tells the story of Jane, a young orphaned girl, who grows to be a rebellious, independent thinker that follows her heart regardless of what society expects of her. She faces multiple difficulties due to the oppression of her opinions and the Victorian era’s gender ideals, but refuses to conform or be submissive towards the men in her life. The…

Born in 1830, Emily Dickinson is a poet whose “genius for metaphorical invention is scarcely inferior to that of Shakespeare.” (Hughes) But unlike other poets who experience life first-handed like Shakespeare, Emily spent her life mostly isolated from society. Since she did not have direct contact with the outside world, her experiences of life came mostly from the people surrounded her and books, and they, nevertheless, has tremendous influence on her work religiously and psychologically. On…