... very significant to the text. Her Father was a clergyman and so Charlotte could not avoid the influence of religion whilst writing. The first important day in Jane's life is when she meets the Reverend Brocklehurst. When she meets the reverend, we learn that Jane already has a wide knowledge of the Bible and states which parts she likes. We first come across religious symbolism when ... Philistines was a hostile and harsh environment for Abraham much as Lowood Institution is for Jane. The living conditions that Jane had to put up with at the Institution are dreadful with such things as ...

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