Jane Eyre: A Coming of Age Story Charlotte Bronte’s novel‚ Jane Eyre‚ is a coming of age story‚ about a young‚ orphaned‚ and submissive girl growing up‚ through many hardships‚ into a young‚ passionate‚ and free willed woman. Charlotte Bronte begins the story with a ten-year-old Jane Eyre living with an impartial and sometimes cruel aunt‚ Aunt Reed. Aunt Reed‚ after neglecting Jane for the whole of her life‚ finally decides to send her away to boarding school‚ to Lowood School. Upon her departure
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Charlotte receives knowledgeable advice from Doctor Jacquith‚ He says “Not to make use of her free-will was like putting a blindfold over the eyes and letting somebody else lead her around” (51). Charlotte learns this valuable lesson throughout the novel. At first‚ she struggles with free-will but overcomes this fear by finding a purpose in life. She experiences freedom‚ love‚ and relationships far from home. Her mother took her identity by controlling every outcome. She was unfamiliar with the
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should be withheld‚ or offered only at a price I cannot afford to give.” (Bronte 141). It is this quote that I believe accurately sums up the incredible transformation the character Jane Eyre undergoes throughout the duration of the novel of the same name. There are many things that influence and shape the character of Jane as she grows and matures throughout the story‚ from the chiding and abuse of her aunt and cousins at Gateshead‚ to the religious zealotry of Mr. Brocklehurst at the Lowood School
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Compare and contrast the Relationships between Thomasina Coverly and Septimus Hodge in ’Arcadia’‚ with Jane Eyre and Mr.Rochester in ’Jane Eyre’? Early reviews of Arcadia remarked that Tom Stoppard‚ had at long last found his heart; due to almost three decades of plays that some saw more as intellectual exercises than heartfelt drama. This success could perhaps be explained by his focus on relationships within Arcadia‚ in particular‚ the relationship between his two leading characters‚ Thomasina
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it gives people a greater purpose for existence‚ a reason to live and die for‚ something beyond themselves to devote their life to. These constructions of love are repeatedly promoted in two of the most well known novels of the Victorian period‚ Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. ‘She walks in beauty‚ like the night‚ Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright‚ Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellow’d to that tender
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one emotion‚ one thing is for sure‚ it gives people a greater purpose for existence‚ a reason to live and die for‚ something beyond them to devote their life. Jane Eyre‚ by Charlotte Brontë and A Tale of Two Cities‚ by Charles Dickens‚ are two popular‚ classic examples of love. Thesis: While both novels have a central theme of love‚ Jane Eyre focuses on the search for love while A Tale of Two Cities interprets the love for family‚ as well as‚ the search for new relationships. Compare: Contrast
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Erica Chandler 29 January 2013 Dr. Smith Reading Response: Jane Eyre Vol. III Religion plays a prominent role in the life of Jane Eyre‚ and arguably the two most religious characters she encounters are Helen Burns and St. John Rivers. Both play similar—if slightly different—parts in Jane’s own personal faith. Both portray a noble and self-sacrificial Catholicism. But while Jane may admire these characters and try to emulate the qualities they possess‚ she ultimately bends toward her own style
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Gothic literature was born in 1764 when Horace Walpole published The Castle of Otranto‚ which is considered to be the first gothic novel ever written. Gothic literature was originally written as a reaction to the age of reason‚ order‚ and the politics of eighteenth-century England. Containing anti-Catholic sentiments and mythical aspects‚ Gothic literature explored the tension between what we fear and what we desire. The stories were usually set in some kind of castle or old building that showed
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Jane Eyre‚ by Charlotte Bronte‚ is about a young girl who grew up without parents. This young girl was named Jane Eyre. Her parents died when they went to a different country and contracted an illness while they were there. Jane then went to live with her Uncle Reed who then died shortly after. His dying wish was for his wife‚ Mrs. Reed‚ to keep his niece‚ Jane‚ in her care and not abandon her. While Jane grew up with Mrs. Reed‚ she was deserted. In this book‚ Jane Eyre shows the development
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Another example is what Jane says to Mrs. Reed before she leaves Gateshead. “I am not deceitful: if I were‚ I should say I loved you‚ but I declare I do not love you: I dislike you the worst of anybody in the world except John Reed; and this book about the liar‚ you may give to
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