... to suffer and proposes a way out for her protagonist, as well as the rest of the female sex. Throughout Jane Eyre, the protagonist is saddled with a tenacious pessimism concerning her prospects for happiness, which she only overcomes in the very last pages of the book. From the very beginning, Jane is seen to be treated under harsh conditions at the Reeds household. The continuous assaults, both verbally and physically, from Aunt Reeds and her children ... people have claimed that Charlotte Bront depicted the life which she wanted through her alter ego Jane Eyre due to many strikingly s...

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... the brink of open class warfare. In the national clamor for reform, every sector of the population fought for its privileges and feared for its rights. In the following pages, I wish to highlight the characteristics, form and the revolutionary aspects of the ... The female novel of development was central. The major issue for the female protagonist is the search for autonomy and selfhood in opposition to the social constraints placed upon the female, including the demand for marriage. This conflict, usually with autobiographical resonance and often framed in metaphors of imprisonment, is ...

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