Some key and interesting points I gathered from the articles given to me.. The Great Romantics The heroine of Jane Eyre does what few fictional characters had to do before, she talks seriously about love from a woman’s point of view. It was her comparative frankness which caused some Victorian critics to describe the book […]

Interesting write up about the femenism in Jane Eyre from http://sfs.scnu.edu.cn/hhzhang/stugdn/advanced%20English/2002/黄晓莹/Feminism_in_Jane_Eyre.doc Feminism in Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë’ masterpiece Jane Eyre symbolized a new era in the history of literature. It awakened women’s awareness to be independent. It brought about a completely new concept of marriage and of the value of life to a woman. That […]

A few notes I’ve gathered both of my own and online. St. John has all of the values that Mr Rochester lacks whilst lacking all of the emotion and romance that Mr Rochester has. The differences between Mr Rochester and St John force Jane to choose between marrying against social norms and risking everything for […]

My answers to some of the questions given to us on Jane Eyre Chapter XIX 4) Fire is a reoccurring symbol in this novel, helping to give unity to the different sections. How does Bronte use fire symbolically in this scene? In this scene I think that the fire is symbolic of Jane’s passion for […]

Summaries of chapters 1 to 4 are in my previous post.. Chapter 5 Four days after meeting Mr. Brocklehurst, Jane boards the 6 A.M. coach and travels alone to Lowood. When she arrives at the school, the day is dark and rainy, and she is led through a grim building that will be her new […]

Mariam Mariam, one of two female protagonists, is a quiet, thoughtful child at the start of the book. Born out of wedlock to a rich and married businessman (Jalil) and his former housekeeper (Nana), Mariam resents her mother’s strict ways and the fact that she only sees her father once a week. Mariam’s shame at […]

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What do the reaction of the servants to Janes outburst and their advice to her tell us about the way in which Janes conditions expected to behave? What are the conditions she must she fulfil before she can be released? The servants, Bessie and Abbot, speak to Jane…

In The Color Purple, there is clearly a Feminist Criticism approach displayed. In the opening pages, Alice Walker, examines the injustice and abuse felt by the main characters through descriptions of the events in which they suffer though. These actions interestingly follow along with the meanings of feminist criticism. Each of the main characters in […]