Charlotte Mason

Beyond the Search for Autonomy in Charlotte Brontë’s “Jane Eyre” Jane Eyre is a novel of self awareness. It is beyond Jane’s sagacity to feel dependent upon anyone. Jane craves to think and speak freely without judgement in a time fit to undermine her capabilities. Jane is a curious soul who seeks a purpose greater than what she has ever known. Because Jane Eyre has Romantic and Gothic elements, the attainment of freedom is complicated. Charlotte Brontë uses advanced diction and complex…

In Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, Bronte portrays her theme of the importance of women's’ independence and gender equality by employing betrayal throughout her novel. In particular, Bronte portrays how betrayal propelled the character of Jane Eyre to attempt to find herself and how betrayal affected the character of Bertha Mason. Throughout most the novel, Jane never feels settled into where she stays. In the beginning, Jane feels tormented by her cousins and her aunt in Gateshead. When she…

with biblical, canonical, and cultural implications; the value of an individual woman during the Victorian Era was not determined so much by individual qualities, but rather piety and ability to fall gracefully into her determined social station. Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre has been examined by literary critics ad nauseam for its feminist qualities, racial implications, and social commentary. Moreover, when considering Jane Eyre, readers instantly consider how the prevalence of religion…

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre is an inspiring novel written by Charlotte Bronte. Its value not only lies in its beautiful language, but also exists in the characteristics of Jane. Throughout the novel, Jane expresses Charlotte’s radical thoughts on gender, religion, and social class. In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte does not follow the Victorian tradition of ideal male heroes. Instead, she degrades her male character, and allows Jane to suppress the male hero in the story. It is…

First of all, Bronte depicts Antoinette as a character who loses her sanity and becomes a violent ‘beast’. In Jane Eyre, the first impression of Bertha emerges when Jane hears a “demoniac laugh – low, suppressed and deep” and some moaning from Bertha (Brontë 164). The moaning indicates that Bertha functions more like a wild animal than an ordinary human being. Brontë portrays her like a savage creature instead of a human. Jane also hears “a snarling and snatching sound, almost like a dog…

It is often said that a writer imbues into his/her work the experiences and times in which he/she lived, and this statement couldn’t be any more true than with Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. As quoted from the introduction to the novel, “Bronte certainly understood the instability and fluidity of class status from her experiences” which is why her literature is such an accurate representation of the time period it depicts (Bronte x). Reflecting these aspects through the titular character of Jane…

oppositions, and those hardships have influenced her to develop her own way to confront the inequitable world. Indeed, the principles that Jane valued ultimately lead her to be an independent woman. Through this Victorian novel and Jane’s actions, Charlotte Bronte exhibits an ideal of retaining one’s values in the face of adversity and injustice. Loveless and lonely child Jane precociously…

version are blatant. The two movies reflect distinction in their display of character relationships, character omissions, and plot. The 1986 version of Jane Eyre was more engaging and authentic in correlation to its inspiration, the book Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, than the 2011 version; therefore, the 1986 version is better in quality. Within the area of character relationships, the 2011 version deviates from the book in its display of Jane’s relationships with the members of…

Jane represents a contrast between many characters, including Mr. Rochester, St. John, Blanche Ingram, and Bertha Mason. In Mr. Rochester and Bertha’s case, Jane provides a contrast of light versus dark. Blanche Ingram represents wealth, beauty, and the cusp of the ideal female in the 18th century, while Jane is a lowly, unattractive governess at the time. St. John provides a religious and moralistic value unlike Jane, who represents a pragmatic realism. Even though Rochester is not described as…

Most people, at some point in their life, grapple with the idea of following what is morally and socially accepted and following what their heart desires. In Charlotte Bronte’s novel Jane Eyre, The main character Jane eyre struggles with this issue as well. Jane Eyre, a passionate, poor orphan girl who, after being sent away by her aunt to a boarding school, becomes a governess to a wealthy bachelor’s 8-year-old ward in Thornfield. Jane finds herself falling in love with Mr. Rochester and he…