Charlotte Mew

Jane Eyre is a timeless novel about an orphaned girl trying to move up in a male run, wealth based society. Women are severely oppressed in this society, and their identities are torn apart and remolded by men to their standards. Charlotte Bronte uses patterns of imagery and symbolism to express the emotions and hardships of women during this time. Two symbols commonly repeated in the novel are fire and ice, both as different as they are alike, extreme elements expressing the extreme emotions…

would put out fire, destroy passion. His nature is frozen over with an "ice of reserve" (p. 334); when he tells Jane, "I am cold: no fervour infects me," her reply is, "Whereas I am hot, and fire dissolves ice" (p. 364). From the start of the novel, Charlotte Bronta's fire and water imagery indicates the essential idea.…

Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë, comprises of many characters that deeply affect Jane’s life. Two characters in particular influenced Jane’s character throughout the book immensely. One character that altered Jane’s life completely was Mr. Rochester. When Jane first arrived at Thornfield for her position as a governess, she never expected to develop a sudden interest with the owner of the house. Even though Jane was madly in love with Rochester, she could not marry him due to the staggering…

Jane Eyre Ending “Jane Eyre” tells the tale of a precariously held life. Jane Eyre, a young orphaned girl, resides with her abusive cousins-in-law and malicious aunt-in-law. Her life takes a turn for the worse when she is sent to be educated at Lowood, an austerely religious boarding school. When she finally leaves the school to serve as a governess in a rich house in Thornsfield, Jane finds a promising hope for love. However, a series of unforeseen, miserable events steer the pitiful…

Villette is an incredibly character driven and focused novel, centered on comedic coincidences that deal with bumping into the same people in completely different places. This focus on the characters, and their many quirks, is a true testament to Bronte’s writing abilities. She possess the ability to make one absolutely loathe certain parts of a character, while sympathizing with others. Each character has been pushed to their limit, each representing a different aspect of society and the place…

psychologist G. Stanley Hall, the founder of adolescent psychology. Adolescence is defined by Hall as a time when younger individuals experience emotional and behavioral confusion, prior to establishing stability and reaching adulthood. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain serve as examples of bildungsromans, where the protagonists lack the ideal, care-free childhood filled with innocence; Huck faces an alcoholic father, and Jane encounters cruelty…

lightning violently hit the tree and the repercussions of this (God-like) action had little arcs that danced across the thick, black sky. The tree hung in despair and disbelief, almost as if it were a weeping willow instead of a horse chestnut tree. In Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, “the chestnut tree is hit by lightning on the night that Mr. Rochester and Jane get engaged” (261). This scene introduces the chestnut tree and how it plays a significant role in this novel. The significant role of…

I hate blood, I tremble at the thought of injection, I dislike physical work and I am a nurse. Contradicting in so many ways, I know. But why did I take up Nursing? Parents, fad and abroad, these 3 words really summed it up. I told myself that after graduating and passing the licensure examination I’d really pursue graduate school since I can’t imagine myself working as a nurse. I’d rather do paper works and research. I was excited by the idea of it, but at that time I did not know what degree…

Written Task 1 Jane Eyre Rationale I have decided to write my Written Task 1 as a diary based on the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. Born on 1816, Charlotte was one of the many Brontë sisters. She was raised by her stern religious grandparents due to the death of her mother and eldest siblings. She then attended a clergy institute. Following this, she earned a living as a governess and a writer and soon after published the highly-critiqued novel ‘Jane Eyre’ in 1847 under the pseudonym…

The characters of the two novels Persepolis and The God of Small Things are portrayed in such a way that it is evident for the reader that their personalities are high influenced by other characters of the story. Persepolis, written by Marjane Satrapi is an autobiographical graphic novel while The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy is pure fiction though the setting is in the village she was born in. The significant thing that relates these novels is that both Arundhati and Marjane are women…