Essays on Jane Eyre

Through the use of a nineteenth-century gothic setting in Ferndean, the author, Charlotte Bronte, uses literacy techniques and loves to develop the narrative voice of Jane as an independent and passionate young woman. The first time Jane lays eyes on Ferndean Mansion she feels it…

Both Oliver Twist and Jane Eyre are stories that tackle the dilemma of Victorian society’s power struggles, the issues with discrimination and the hardships of class mobility. Many parallels can be drawn between the two eponymous characters. They are both born orphans and spend the…

Victorian Rebel Brönte Charlotte Brönte, was a female Victorian Author who is best known for her book Jane Eyre. Her writings perceived her to be a feminist during the Victorian Era. She did not believe in the traditional roles of women and children in the…

Application of Foster to Jane Eyre and The Great Gatsby Reading literature like a professor requires being able to decipher both the obvious and inconspicuous aspects of a story. Every detail of an author’s writing is intentional and each angle of the story is integral…

Commentary on “Emma” by Jane Austen and “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë, comparing the ways in which both passages introduce possible suitors In both “Emma” and “Jane Eyre”, we are told a story of two female characters who are dealing with the prospect of being…

The bildungsroman Jane Eyre details the maturation both psychologically and morally of a girl in Victorian era Britain. Morally, Jane evolves from being vengeful and angry to being balanced and moral. Moreover, In the beginning of the novel Jane Eyre is kept in the lowest…

A literary hero is often defined as “a character in a literary work, especially the leading male/female character, who is especially virtuous, usually larger than life, sometimes almost godlike” (W.W. Norton). These characters also often embody the ideals their culture. In the mid-nineteenth century, a…