Charlotte Brontë

For decades, Charlotte Bronte left us with the inspiring story of Jane Eyre. Since published in 1847, the novel has taught women around the world to follow our morals and beliefs. Religion and morals play a major role in the life of Jane Eyre. Although at times it may seem as though this is limiting her, she stands by what she believes and fights for her individuality. Due to the fact that Jane was not cared about and taught anything, including religion, while staying in her aunts home,…

Humans have a trend in which we only sacrifice at the most critical or important point, which helps reveal the what we value. This is showcased in the novel, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, when the author uses the protagonist, Jane Eyre, to showcase a theme of sacrifice and sometimes lack thereof regarding one’s moral principles in a Victorian society. Throughout the novel, Jane deliberately sacrifices her safety, stability, and emotional gratification, which highlights her character’s values…

In the two extracts, Little Dorritt by Charles Dickens and Villette by Charlotte Brontë, one will notice that the same contrasting attitudes comes forth. In the extract from Little Dorritt the picture of a melancholy and dark city immediately strikes the reader with the first line describing London as gloomy, close, and stale. Charles…

Jane Eyre: Fight or Flight In Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë, love seems to be a strong aspect of Jane’s life. Throughout the tale, we can see Jane and Mr. Rochester’s relationship building up. From the time Jane first sees him in front of Thornfield to their wedding ceremony. Yet, during that period of time we get to see Mr. Rochester’s true colors and different personas towards Jane. We also get to know more about him and his past relationships as he tells Jane about them. But Jane doesn’t…

“The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed” (Bronte). In order to fulfill her hopes and dreams of becoming an author, Charlotte Bronte had to hide who she was, writing under the pseudonym Currer Bell. During the time period that her novels Jane Eyre and Villette were written in, the Victorian Era, women had no value, so being a female author was not only a huge accomplishment,…

Throughout the novel, Jane Eyre composed by Charlotte Bronte, the main protagonist, Jane Eyre, did not strive to abide the social “rules” set in her time period. Taking place back in the nineteenth century, one can imagine how absurd the social standards are. In this time, people were told that if they would happen to go anywhere but up in status, that they would be disowned or looked down upon. The biggest three rules that Jane Broke through the novel include her looks and possessions not…

In Charlotte Bronte's, Jane Eyre, her unexamined, culturally conditioned definitions of 'success' and 'happiness'; shape the narrative through their contradicting definitions. According to Bronte, women have the same capacity for success and Independence as men. However, her subconscious cultural belief that a women's success is to be married is a contradiction of her first definition of success. This results in a struggle between these two beliefs in Jane Eyre. Furthermore, the culture…

Jane's portrayal of abuse and its insistence that women deserve better makes it such an important feminist work.he female gothic genre, therefore, is a significant element within the narrative and Bronte applies the mysterious, the supernatural, the horrific and the romantic; to accentuate this.the heroine’s choice between sexual need and ethical duty belongs very firmly to the mode of moral realism. Red Room, Jane's childhood terrors in Lowood school…

An Analysis of the Fiery Depths of Pearl Prynne “There was fire in [Pearl] and throughout [Pearl]”(84). Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, is young in The Scarlet Letter; however, she proves to have a large personality. Hester and Dimmesdale were not married when they conceived Pearl and Pearl has grown up in a single-parent home, knowing not of her father’s identity. eaders of The Scarlet Letter will notice that in the novel, Nathaniel Hawthorne, presents…

The book that I selected is called “The Opposite of Geek” by Ria Voros. This novel was originally published in 2013 and it is a fiction novel. The opposite of geek is about a girl going through the process of growing up as a young adult. This novel contains haiku, high school, and heartache. SETTING The story takes place in high school where a girl named Gretchen is narrating the novel. Not to mention that she has a passion for writing haiku…