Jane Eyre Themes and Quotes
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- Jane Eyre
- Feminism and Role of Women
- “Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! - I have as much soul as you, - and full as much heart!
- Jane believes that she and Rochester are equals, which is unusual for the patriarchal Victorian period, though it makes Rochester more romantically interested in her
- "I should wish
her to be
brought up
in a manner
suiting her
prospects...to
be made
useful, to be
kept humble"
- Mrs. Reed
- It was expected that Jane become subservient to men, and to accept her position
- Jane defies and deviates from social convention, marrying a man who is wholly dependent on her due to his physical incapacity, and her new-found wealth
- It was expected that Jane become subservient to men, and to accept her position
- "A poor blind man, whom you will have to lead
about by the hand?" - Rochester "Yes, sir." - Jane
- Jane defies and deviates from social convention, marrying a man who is wholly dependent on her due to his physical incapacity, and her new-found wealth
- “Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! - I have as much soul as you, - and full as much heart!
- Role of Men
- "Refuse to be my wife, and you limit yourself for ever to
a track of selfish ease and barren obscurity." - St. John
- During the period, they believed that, women whom didn't marry, would be nothing and would be limit themselves
- "I summon you
as my wife"
- Rochester
- Women's purpose is to please men, and men to command and order them about
- Women are subordinate to men and must act on their wishes - typical of the time
- Women's purpose is to please men, and men to command and order them about
- "Say, 'What do you want, Master Reed?'"
- Women are subordinate to men and must act on their wishes - typical of the time
- "Refuse to be my wife, and you limit yourself for ever to
a track of selfish ease and barren obscurity." - St. John
- Bildungsroman
- Ere I had finished this reply, my soul began to expand, to exult, with the strangest sense of freedom, of triumph, I ever felt. It seemed as if an invisible bond had burst, and that I had struggled out into unhoped-for liberty.
- Jane begins to escape her gender role as being submissive and silent through her emotional and passionate outbursts, though she learns to control such outbursts as she grows up - character progression
- Novel is like
a pilgrimage -
The Pilgrims'
Progress
- Journey; encountering danger and temptations of different people
- Dangers of John Reed; psychological terror of Red Room; privations at Lowood; danger of starvation after leaving Thornfield
- Dangerous and unwelcome temptations
- John Reed's tyrannical bullying; acceptance and submission to God's "will"; Rochester and the temptation of becoming his wife, yet losing her autonomy becoming mistress; St John who wants to marry Jane for his own purposes
- Journey; encountering danger and temptations of different people
- Ere I had finished this reply, my soul began to expand, to exult, with the strangest sense of freedom, of triumph, I ever felt. It seemed as if an invisible bond had burst, and that I had struggled out into unhoped-for liberty.
- Feminism and Role of Women
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