Jane Eyre how it challenges the patterns of power that existed in the Victorian era
Jane Eyre as a character and Jane Eyre as a novel both challenge and emphasize the importance of religious and social doctrines of the Victorian Era. It is true that to an extent Jane can be described as ‘A passionate heroine desperately trying to reconcile her desire for love and acceptance in the Victorian era, whilst conforming with the religious and social periods of that time.’ There are various affairs and subjects that Bronte has used as part of Jane Eyre’s life to represent various problems or predicaments that not only as women of her status or profession would have had to withstand but also the values and morals of Society in the Victorian era. In this novel men are deemed almost superior and women live in a society where they are not accepted in the work force but are almost expected and accustomed to being ‘married off’, this is a reflection on the customs of the Victorian era. Jane Eyre as a character although conforming and accepting this as the way in which society looked upon the role of women, to a certain extent doesn’t challenge but rather doesn’t assimilate to what she as well as society feels is the acceptable thing to do.