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‚
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Jane Eyre Caged Bird Setting: Repression ● ● ● Gateshead= She was harassed and treated unjustly by her benefactress and her family. Lowood= In the beginning she felt repressed by rules‚ and she was accused of something she did not do Thornfield= As‚ she walks down the corridor‚ she feels repressed by society’s customs Character Foil: human dignity -Helen Burns= she is spiritual and sees the good in most everything‚ but is also very passive -Blanche Ingram= a beautiful‚vain‚ high class woman
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Identity Formation in Jane Eyre The novel Jane Eyre details Jane’s journey through life. In the novel‚ Jane encounters several women who greatly influence her transformation from a young girl into a grown woman. The experiences she has shape her conception of how a woman should be. As a child‚ Jane is an orphan living with her cruel relatives‚ who treat her as an outcast and oppress her. However‚ there is one character‚ the nurse Bessie Lee‚ who acts as a mother figure to Jane and is always kind
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Since its publication in 1892‚ The Yellow Wallpaper‚ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ has generated a variety of interpretations. Originally viewed to be a ghost story‚ it has been regarded as gothic literature‚ science fiction‚ a statement on postpartum depression‚ having Victorian patriarchal attitudes and a journey into the depths of mental illness. More controversial‚ but curiously overlooked is the topic of the rest cure’ and whether Gilman’s associations are fact or fiction. Evidence supports Charlotte
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unless of course they are rich or beautiful‚ the poor and plain are simply there to be the butlers‚ maids and governesses of those who are high up. Several of these mores are demonstrated and contradicted in Charlotte Bronte’s 1847 masterpiece Jane Eyre. Jane Eyre is the life story of a young heroin that faces incredible odds and terrible situations and still manages to follow her heart and morals through an exciting life that leads her to a blissful ending. Charlotte Bronte uses her narrative to display
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the light of this comment‚ discuss Bronte’s presentation of male characters in ‘Jane Eyre’. Throughout the novel of Jane Eyre‚ there seems to be a common sense of patriarchal dominance‚ as possessed by the male characters. Bronte shows male supremacy through four key characters that Jane encounters throughout her life. Each character differs hugely‚ though this sense of a higher and more powerful individual‚ over Jane‚ remains prevalent in each – they are all repressive patriarchs in some way‚ though
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Jane Eyre is a young orphan being raised by Mrs. Reed‚ her cruel wealthy aunt. One day as punishment for fighting with her teasing cousin John‚ Jane’s aunt imprisons her in the ‘red-room’ – the room in which Jane’s uncle died. Whilst being locked up in the ‘red-room‚’ Jane claims that she sees her uncle’s ghost and faints. She woke up to the company of Bessie and Mr. Lloyd who both decide that Jane was to be sent to the school and to Jane’s delight‚ Mrs. Read agrees. The school is extremely unhygienic
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Explanation: Violence and hate is not a resolution. Sometimes forgiving is the best way to let go of the past. Journal Entry #3 “‘You will come to the same region of happiness: be received by the same mighty‚ universal Parent‚ no doubt‚ dear Jane. Again I questioned‚ but this time only in thought. ‘Where is that region? Does it exist?” - Chapter 9‚ page 124 Reaction: It was kind of sad seeing how an eight year old little girl can lose all faith in the world‚ other‚ and also herself
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Post-Partum Psychosis and “The Yellow Wallpaper” “The Yellow Wallpaper‚” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ tells the story of a woman’s descent into madness as a result of postpartum psychosis. Postpartum psychosis is a condition that affects between one and two of every thousand live births. The condition of postpartum psychosis usually begins within two weeks of giving birth and sometimes within a matter of days. (“Depression”‚ 2009) Symptoms of postpartum psychosis are “delusions or strange
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Yellow Wallpaper Literary Analysis In order to maintain control over women‚ men in society attempted to prevent women from expressing themselves and reaching their intellectual potential. Treating women as children‚ men had complete authority over them. John‚ the narrator’s husband in the Yellow Wallpaper‚ patronizes and rules over his wife in the same way that many husbands did during this time period. He sends her to isolation‚ cutting off all outside contact and discourages individualism‚ which
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