Cited: in Elaine Showalter‚ A Literature of Their Own: British Women Novelists from Bronte to Lessing (Princeton‚ New Jersey: Princeton University Press‚ 1977)‚ p. 205. 18. Bram Stoker‚ The Lair of the White Worm (1911; rpt. ed.‚ London: Arrow Books‚ 1974)‚ p. 152. 19. Judith Wilt‚ Ghosts of the Gothic:
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hierarchy. The novels themselves were long‚ with multiple subplots and numerous characters. Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre‚ however‚ had a strong-willed anti-heroine main character that did not comply with social customs. Characteristics of anti-heroes and heroines are definite human flaws‚ not always thinking about what the moral action is‚ and rejection of traditional values. Jane Eyre is considered the anti-heroine because she defies the patriarchy and the social hierarchy in Victorian Society‚ as well
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novelists such as D.H. Lawrence‚ one of the key critics of Hardy novels‚ chiefly in the notion of feminine and treatment of women which is one of the distinguishing features in his fiction. One can regard this type of treatment of women in Jude the Obscure‚ the sixth and the last of his major fictions‚ in a way that Sue‚ the heroine of the novel‚ is a liberated‚ unconventional and broadminded feminine who rebels against the conventions of the Victorian society. Although at the end Sue thrusts upon
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readers all over the world since its publication in 1847. It was written by Charlotte Bronte‚ one of the most outstanding British writers in nineteenth century. The character of Jane Eyre attracts everybody of us and encourage lots of women to pursue the real love and keep the spirit of Jane Eyre . I am one of the beneficiary ‚ so I chose this title as my thesis . This thesis first introduced the author Charlotte Bronte‚ for they have many common grounds. Meanwhile‚ we can probably find out the
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thus signifying the departure from the pre-determined template given by men. Showalter proposes that the history of female literature should be further researched and reconstructed. Besides the more famous female writers‚ other obscured female artists should be rediscovered and pinpointed in the female literary history so the continuity of female tradition could be established and the literature canon changed. Thus‚ Showalter lists the three phases of female
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as children to be the intended audience of the fairy stories and the folk tales which evidently resulted in providing not only pleasure but form and inspiration’(1) to those successful voices such as Charlotte Bronte’s in Jane Eyre‚ that can be viewed in many ways as a variation of Cinderella. Bronte is able to connect easily to her readers by both using and twisting the conventional ideals and elements presented in Cinderella story and thus succeeds in re-shaping the prototype of the female. Although
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LOWOOD Elain showalter said: ‘The lowood school where Jane is sent by her aunt is the penitentiary for which the red room was the tribunal. Lowood represents sexual diminishment and sensual discipline thee he girls are systematically starved and deprived of all sensory gratification In 1824 both Charlotte & Emily attended the clergy daughter’s school at Cowan Bridge for 10 months. The recollection of childhood at this school forms the model of lowood institution which Jane attended for eight
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treatment and conformity that women faced during this time period. In Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre‚ the feminist ideals of the Victorian Era are undoubtedly criticized. Through the lens of feminism‚ it is noted that the 19th century provided minimal opportunities for women. Although women during the Victorian Era were trapped inside a society that inflicted conformity onto its women‚ Charlotte Brontë contested the feminine ideals of the 19th century by developing Jane’s character
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The evolution of Feminine writing with time Introduction The debate that started with Virginia woolf in her novel "A Room Of One ’s Own" has travelled through times and is still alive in the category of feminist stylistics. The discussion has evolved about the existence of peculiarity of women writing as compared to men ’s writing. In 1929 Woolf has termed it as The ’female sentence ’ which she believes is visible in a women ’s writing. This idea of Woolf was scrutinised by various feminist
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Throughout history many people have had to endure rejection of many types for many reasons. Some had to do with where they came from. Others had to do with when they lived in history. Both the author‚ Charlotte Brontë‚ and her character‚ Jane Eyre‚ represent the “outsider‚” the free spirit struggling for recognition and self-respect in the face of rejection by a class-ridden and gender-oriented society. In the novel‚ the character Jane Eyre is described as a toad‚ being small‚ plain and elfish
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