Emily Brontë

The Gothic genre is known for many great works, but none is so qualified a representation as Charlotte Bronte’s publication of her 19th century Jane Eyre. Some would say Jane Eyre is an engaging love story in which love conquers all; on the other hand, some have derived an allegory for some unseen erotic power struggle embodied between men and women in the 1800s. However, deep down, Jane Eyre is truly the depiction of transition from harsh morality to beautiful satisfaction—a “story of a woman’s…

Charlotte Bronte’s novel Jane Eyre (1847) predicts two possible outcomes of a woman’s future during the eighteenth century. Jane, the protagonist, represents a positive outcome of a woman who could have easily “fallen” because she is saved by a man’s protection and her class status – both provided her uncle’s money. Though Jane’s piety contributes to her ability to refrain from less than savory activities, it is her class that affords her the freedom to follow her religious beliefs – through…

In spite of Jane Eyre being one of the most engaging novels of its time due to its brilliant plot and peculiar characters, it also has an abundance of historical importance as well. Firstly, Charlotte Bronte’s “Jane Eyre was one of the first modernist literature to be published. “‘Modernist Literature’ is [just] a hefty phrase that basically refers to literature written between 1899 and 1945, and involving experimentation with the traditional novel format” (Shmoop Editorial Team).…

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…

When an orphan girl is placed into the home of unloving relatives, most would argue that the child would be negatively affected by her experience. However, this is not the case for Jane, the protagonist of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre. The story begins in Jane’s childhood while she is living with the Reed family, her aunt and cousins. Her family treated her just as a servant would be treated, thus Jane felt like she did not belong. The novel follows Jane through her life as she goes to school,…

The evolution of religion is a remarkably vague area of study- for everything that we do know, there is so much more we don’t know. Mainly, ancient religions are especially unknown due to lack of comprehensible documentation and as such, there is much speculation over what main divinity people worshipped. For instance, one theory suggests that there was a main female figure, known as the Mother Goddess or Great Goddess, whose influence is still felt today in many works of literature and art. In…

The Victorian era promoted education for women, but only to a certain extent, to standards set by upper class males. A woman should have individuality, wit, and be able to think critically (Caitlin L,). The idea of a clever woman was appreciated in theory, but their ideas and thoughts were passed and not always listened to. They place women “akin to precocious children,” (Watts, 551). Society demonstrates an appreciation for a great mind, but does not respect ideas or thoughts presented by women…

Character Analysis of Emily Grierson In William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily", the main character Emily Grierson is a burden to the town she resides in. Emily is living in a town that is still being haunted by the Civil War due to her presence.The town views her the way it views its confederate, agrarian past – it has to take care of it, but at the same time, they are stuck with it although they don't want to be. The location of the story explains the town's faliure to move on to a new…

“A Rose for Emily” Critical Analysis “In good fiction, certain of the details will tend to accumulate meaning from the action of the story itself, and when this happens they become symbolic in the way they work” (O’Connor). In William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily,” many components that may be initially dismissed in a passage, through intelligent writing, gather a deeper meaning. Homer, for example, appears to be just another tragedy to strike the pathetic life of Emily Grierson. However, many…

In the story "A Rose for Emily", the author, William Faulkner, portrays Emily as a mysterious older lady, which is unusual. In most people 's idea of an older woman, everyone knows what is going on with her; she talks about her grandchildren and pays her bills. Emily Grierson was not like that at all. She was, in fact, the complete opposite. She was traditional, stubborn, overly adoring over subjects that could easily be solved a different way. Emily Grierson lives in traditional ways. She felt…