2014 Jane Eyre: Mrs. Reed and Her Children The story Jane Eyre begins with Jane living at Gateshead with her aunt Mrs. Reed and her three cousins John‚ Eliza and Georgina. Jane gives great description of her characters and we get good impressions of all the characters and how Jane feels about them as well. Mrs. Reed is Jane’s aunt‚ by marriage. How Jane describes her she seems as a selfish and cold hearted. Though she promises her late husband‚ Mr. Reed that she would take care of Jane as her
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is the tale of a young lady‚ twenty-nine years young at the time of narration‚ who encountered both Heaven and Hell during her short lifetime. From being an orphan to marrying her master‚ twenty years elder‚ Jane Eyre truly encountered the struggles of life. Though she suffered and encountered trials and tribulations‚ she managed to portray herself as an independent‚ strong willed‚ and courageous woman‚ which was uncommon during life time. Jane Eyre’s misery started
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faces of adversity? “Jane Eyre” is a novel by Charlotte Brontë‚ which chronicles the life of its namesake. The main character‚ Jane‚ faces many trials that lead to the development of her sense of identity‚ which is a prominent theme throughout the reading. The hardships Jane faces are what mold her into the person she grows to become. Jane is reinvented throughout the novel as she experiences life in places such as Gateshead‚ Lowood‚ and Thornfield. All things considered‚ a strong theme that
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Jane Eyre is both a mirror of Charlotte Bronte’s life and a reflection of her desires. Many aspects of Charlotte’s own life are found in the story of Jane Eyre. They even appear to have a similar personality and physical characteristics. Charlotte’s traumatic schooling experience‚ including the death of her sisters‚ is almost identically reproduced in Jane Eyre and Jane’s love for Mr Rochester can be found in Charlotte’s love for Monsieur Heger. Charlotte’s brother has a very similar story to that
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JANE EYRE In the novel‚ ‘Jane Eyre’ by Charlotte Bronte‚ setting is used throughout the novel to illustrate the development in the character. The novel is revolved around five separate locations‚ ; the Reed family’s home at Gateshead‚ the wretched Lowood School‚ Rochester’s manor‚ Thornfield‚ the Rivers family’s home at Moor House‚ and Rochester’s rural retreat at Ferndean‚ these settings all play a very important part in Jane’s life as they all represent the development of Jane’s character and
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"Jane Eyre" is one of the most brilliant and popular novel written by Charlotte Bronte and it has successfully dealt with a number of issues that have not assumed the same poignancy in her other works of fiction. The book has handled certain very important issues such as racial discrimination‚ gender discrimination and others with great adroitness. Being centrally located around a woman most of the issues too‚ have been dealt with in context to her. To begin with‚ it is interesting to note
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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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Throughout the classic novel‚ Jane Eyre‚ written by Charlotte Brontë‚ Jane Eyre progresses from a somewhat immature child to a well-rounded and mature woman. Nature plays a large role in the novel‚ as it symbolically portrays Jane’s "education" and progression as a woman. Nature is first used in the beginning‚ when Jane is speaking of her loneliness in the Reed household. She toils in the idea that she is separated from the rest of the family‚ and that she is not allowed to be an equal. No matter
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Perspectives of Marriage in Jane Eyre Many novels speak of love and indulging in passion‚ but few speak of the dynamics that actually make a marriage work. Jane Eyre is one of these novels. It doesn’t display the fleeing passions of a Romeo and Juliet. This is due entirely to Bronte’s views on marriage and love. The first exception to the traditional couple the reader is shown is Rochester’s marriage to Bertha. This example shows the consequences of indulging in passion. The
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Jane Eyre as Cinderella In charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre‚ there are several paradigms that are used throughout the story; one of the most obvious is the Cinderella template. When looking at Jane Eyre through this template‚ the ideas of an orphan child‚ the stepfamily‚ and the fairy godmother seem to be all the characteristics of Cinderella. Jane Eyre is the orphan child‚ which symbolizes Cinderella. Jane‚ like Cinderella lost both her parents and is dependent on others to care for
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