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Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre was first published in England in October, 1847, and it made a huge splash among the Victorian reading public. Jane Eyre is a character whose strength and individuality are remarkable for her times. As a model for women readers in the Victorian period and throughout the twentieth century to follow, Jane Eyre encouraged them to make their own choices in living their lives, to develop respect for themselves, and to become individuals. But the early readers of Jane Eyre were not all charmed by the heroine’s bold personality. ... The issue of female independence is central to Jane Eyre. ... Jane’s work as a governess represents one of the only respectable ways in which a woman could employ herself if she lacked personal wealth. ... Rochester brings his wealthy houseguests to Thornfield and they disdain to interact with Jane at all.
Jane is a character that refuses to accepted, even though other women have, that she is socially and sexually inferior to Rochester and others because of her class situation and gender. When Jane is emancipated from the thralldom of her aunt’s family, she moves on to a larger social unit; the community of Lowood is where she exchanges moral oppression for the religious oppression of Mr. ... By now, Jane has built up her defenses: “I stood lonely enough, but to that feeling of isolation I was accustomed: it did not oppress me much.
Approximate Word count = 1096
Approximate Pages = 4.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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