Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

...in her ways. I see Jane Eyre very much like a biography of her life at times, and absolutely fascinating to think that maybe, Charlotte wrote it from real experiences. I know that the school that Jane attends (Lowood) is based on the school her sisters attended – which ended their lives, but is any of it fiction? When it was first released in 1847 many people thought it was a biography under the name of the editor it was published (Curer Bell, ...
...ways, and beliefs. Charlotte, like Jane was never that religious, but had the fact that “God is the World” shoved down her throat by her Father (who was a vicar). Her reluctance to love her “God” and worship him like a fool is very interesting to read, and I can’t help seeing the likenesses. ♠♦ Jane Eyre ♠♦ Jane Eyre follows the life of a young woman who was never really wanted by anyone. Her ...

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As a bildungsroman, Jane Eyre follows the journey of its heroine's development from youth to intellectual maturity. As the novel progresses the theme of religion is one that takes a strong hold on Jane herself. In order to analyse the question, one must differentiate between Paganism and Christianity. The simple difference is that Paganism believes in a variety of Gods, each controlling a different aspect of life. Although Pagans deem their God's ...
...Gods. Throughout the novel, Jane struggles to find a right balance between the Christian faith and her attentions to nature and Paganism. Throughout Jane's experiences at Lowood, and even just before she is admitted there, she tells the reader, in passing, about the frequency of religion in the Institution. While she is still in the care of Mrs. Reed, she first meets Mr. Brocklehurst. In her conversation with him, he asks her many questions about ...

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...but on October 19th 1847 Jane Eyre was published under the pseudonym Currer Bell and achieved immediate success. In the December Wuthering Heights by Emily and Agnes Grey by Anne were also published. In 1848 Branwell died soon followed by Emily, and less than six months later in 1849 Anne also died. Charlotte went on to publish Shirley in 1849 and Villette in 1853 both again under the pseudonym of Currer Bell. In 1851 Charlotte refused a proposal ...
...~The Book~ Jane Eyre is an orphan, living with relatives she really cannot stand and obviously do not like her, Jane narrates the story herself and it starts with her being packed off to Boarding School. Sound familiar - JK Rowling possibly took inspiration from this for her character Harry Potter but the similarity between the two characters ends here. This book is set in the 18th Century and unlike Harry she hated school more than she hated home. ...

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...her home. At school, Jane does her best to learn, but finds the rules oppressive. She meets Helen, a delightful but fragile girl, who shows her the first love and friendship she has ever experienced. She comes up against unpleasantness too, but shows her strength of character by her determination, and eventually becomes a mature and trusted pupil. Since her relatives don't want her back (and she has no wish to see them again, anyway) she applies ...
...bad-tempered Mr Rochester. Jane is immediately attracted to Mr Rochester, but has no serious thoughts of romance since he is from a different class, is considerably older than her, and is surrounded by attractive women, one of whom he is apparently betrothed to. Nevertheless they enjoy some cosy evenings together, discussing everything under the sun, and developing a pleasant friendship. However Mr Rochester has a dreadful secret, one which is hinted ...

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...That's what I love about Jane Eyre: it is very readable and easy to understand, while still being a little challenging and a brilliant novel. I first read this when I was thirteen and still enjoy it immensely. I was surprised when I read other reviews here who thought it would be too hard for younger people/children, as I find it to be the most accessible Bronte novel and one of the most accessible 19th Century novels. And there's a lot in it for ...
...that the novel is called Jane Eyre and everything, but Mr. Rochester is my favourite character and the most interesting. He doesn't follow the standard formula for 19th Century romantic heroes: he is wealthy and Jane doesn't think he's very handsome and he has a bad temper, but he also possesses a kind of 'rugged charm'. He is surprisingly 'modern' for a 19th Century character too; he takes care of Adele, the orphan of a French singer who he once ...

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...never happened to me with Jane Eyre and so had no prevvious meeting with the book and so 2 years later at 18, I decided it was time for me to get to grips with these famous books! I picked Jane Eyre by chance. I had been reading the Princess Diaries series(! lol) and some of the characters had been mentioned in these books and so when I went to the bookshop, decided to start with Jane Eyre! In the past when I had tried to read classics before, ...
...had no such problem with Jane Eyre! It is very easy to read and there is something happening from the very beginning all through the book that grips you straight away and leaves you wanting to know more. The books starts out with Jane as a child living with her aunt and her children. You really warm to Jane here as she struggles with her relatives apparent complete dislike of her and her struggles growing up in this environment. Things seem no easier ...

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I first started studying Jane Eyre whilst doing A-Level English Literature, and the first time I picked it up, I thought it was going to be boring. It looked pretty long, and the synopsis of the plot I had looked like a sentimental love drama, and it was written in 1847! That can't be cool, I thought to myself. But I was wrong, once I started reading this book I couldn't put it down, I found myself admiring Jane - and Charlotte for writing about ...
...The Plot : Jane is telling us of her life, and she starts when she is ten, where she is bullied and shunned by the adoptive family she is staying with, the Reed's. She gets sent away from the family, to a Christian boarding school, run by a man called Mr. Brocklehurst. The school does give children an education, but it is cold, they are underfed, and it is basically very strict, and all the children are deprived of what they need to be happy. At ...

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Having first read Jane Eyrie as part of a degree course, I was surprised by the idea that it has largely been considered a work for children and young people. Despite initial appearances, this is quite a dark and troubling text. Jane Eyre has a ghastly and unhappy childhood at the hands of extended family members who treat her dreadfully. She is then sent away to a boarding school, but here she initially receives terrible treatment again. The schoolis ...
...there is little joy. Here Jane makes a friend, a girl who is to die during an epidemic. It has been suggested that here Bronte reflects comparable losses from her own life. Through hard work And perserverance, Jane is able to do well for herself, despite her harsh environment. Having no money and no prospects, she leaves the school to take up work as a governess. Rochester owns a large gloomy house and has a young ward who might or might not be ...

Bryn_Pearson 03.09.2001 · Read full review
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Jane Eyre was first published in 1846 under the pen name of Curer Bell and is regarded by many as not only her best piece of work but as one of the greatest romance epics of all time. The first ten chapters of the novel address a number which all help the growth of the main character in the form of consistent crises which force her into developmental judgements. Not all of her decisions are conscious ones; many of them are made from her heart i.e. ...
...of humility and calm. Jane trusts her intuition and usually reacts to it immediately, an example of this is when she receives a reply to her advertisement as a governess, it I her only reply so far but she does not wait for another as her instinct tells her to pursue that one. On the other hand, Jane is also very deliberate in many of her decisions as she carefully weighs the pros against the cons for each situation, such as when she tries to reform ...

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...As far as i'm concerned Jane Eyre is an exception. Yes this is a book that is heralded as a feminist book, and a work of genius. But having read it several times I'm still at a loss to work out why. The plot of Jane Eyre concerns Janes attempts to survive. She starts oof as an orphan and is sent to a harsh school by a step-mother who detests her. From the school she makes friends with a sickly kid called Helen and a teacher called Miss Temple, Helen ...
...of his. Rochester proposes Jane says yes and then at the altar discovers he's already married. This trauma leads to her running away and she ends up on the doorstep of some cousins of hers. These cousins include a chap called St John who teaches Jane allsorts of biblical languages and then asks her to accompany him on a mission, as his wife. Jane says no and then hears Mr Rochester calling her name on the wind. She goes back to his house and finds ...

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So Charlotte Bronte insists that Jane is a plain Jane. Anyway the title Goth-babe was just a joke seeing as to the gothic nature of the novel and how in some parts of this country, looking goth is in. Basically, it's a love story. More often than not, these classics are actually love stories set in their period to reflect issues of society and the distinctions between gender and class. As I was studying this novel for A-Level literature, the term ...
...a compromise between the characters Jane and Rochester such that their social status and positions and characters are more welly moulded to suit each other. Their strong sense of belonging to each other is much too dramatic for some people's liking. However, look for certain links between the famous "sermon on the mount" that is blibical in nature and you will find that interestingly enough, Bronte has based the entire structure of the novel on that ...

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...been anything more romantic than Jane Eyre? Much has been written about the comparison of Jane’s young life and the experiences of the author. The school where the young orphan is sent and the friendship she forms there with a sickly girl has a parallel in Bronte’s own tormented childhood. But I think it is misleading to assume that the author has added nothing original to this marvelous story. Jane is plain, there is no doubt about that and this ...
...us simple though unreachable aspirations. Jane Eyre does the opposite. Rather than beautiful and clever, she is plain and shy. Instead of setting impossible goals for the reader, we are presented with the very attainable characteristics of humility, goodness and virtue. It is this attainability which makes Jane such a sympathetic character in contrast to, say, Emma Woodhouse or even Catherine Earnshaw. Jane is grounded. She has few expectations and ...

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...were new to me. Jane had some tough times in her childhood, orphaned as a baby she was brought up by her cruel Aunt Reed (by marriage) and seemed always spirited and feisty, which was often perceived as rebellion. Thus she was sent to a harsh, yet religious all girls boarding school, Lowood. Here she starts to make friends for the first time, although this experience is not without tragedy for her. After some years at Lowood as a pupil and teacher ...
...charity funded boarding school. Jane falls in love with Mr Rochester, but this dark, brooding hero harbours a tragic secret concerning his mysterious first wife. I found Jane somewhat naive at times, although spirited, I found it hard, initially to see what she and Rochester have in common as he is portrayed as a dark, brooding, if charismatic man, that does not seem the type for the young Jane. On the other hand Jane does demonstrate maturity beyond ...

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...in Gateshead Hall, where 10-year-old Jane lives with her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and her 3 cousins Georgiana, John and Eliza. Jane does not make happy memories in this house, as she is mistreated by her aunt, bullied by her cousins (mainly John), and even looked down on by the servants. Then, Jane's life changes, as she enrolls at Lowood School. This is a place similar to the school that Charlotte Brontë attended, and Charlotte blamed this school for the ...
...already married. Upon hearing this, Jane goes against her heart's wishes but listens to her conscience, and so she leaves immediately. Jane returns about a year or two later, to find out Mr. Rochester's wife has died, and he was involved in a accident which caused him to become blind. After this, Mr. Rochester and Jane get married (finally!) and live happily ever after! There is also a movie for this novel, which we watched at school, but it is different ...

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Jane Eyre is a young English girl whose life starts out on a doleful note. Her parents die, leaving her orphaned, she is carted off to live with her doting uncle and his resentful wife, who consequently teach her own spoilt offspring, of whom she has three, to remind Jane constantly that she ought to mind her p's and q's, especially when any of them in the household, tell her to. So Jane, who is brainwashed by her aunt into thinking she's a bad child, ...
...turn for the good when Jane is employed as a teenager to work with Mr Rochester who cares for a little French girl, Adèle. As the story unfolds, Jane is drawn to Mr Rochester, and she to him, and inbetween all of that, flares up occasional moments of haunted spookiness when Rochester deep dark secret slowly, but surely erupts like a volcanic pimple. First there is the strange employment of the drunken lady who keeps watch over something in a room ...

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