... and letting myself die." These thoughts are unusual for a ten-year-old girl, so clearly Jane must have had a particularly rough childhood up to now. Jane reads about bleak things, such as the coast of Norway, of which she quotes, "Where the Northern Ocean, in vast whirls, Boils around the naked, melancholy isles- But ... actually she finds pleasure in this sort of writing, perhaps because she can relate to it because it illustrates her feelings. Chapter 2 suggests that Jane has little self-esteem, as she ... , "what thought had I been but just conceiving of starving myself to death? Tha...

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... class they were born into. These uncontrollable factors were in the Victorian time period inhibited people from reaching their full potential. The books Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and David Copperfield by Charles Dickens were written in the Victorian era where gender and social limitations were forced upon the ... most didn't have the money or looks to get a good husband. All the things that happened to David Copperfield and Jane Eyre were gender specific. If their genders were switched, Jane was a male and David was a female there would have been a different outcome in their childho...

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• Grade Level: High School

... really like in that period. So was life in that era very difficult and strict just like Jane sees it? Well there is a great deal of fact and knowledge that this is so. Jane Eyre was published in the Victorian period when attitudes were very strict. This can be shown in things ... depiction of harsh weather conditions. However, this is also used in a more positive way. Later on, in chapter nine, the better weather reflects Jane's altered state of mind. The final technique used by Bronte is extremely subtle and therefore my favourite. This is her choice of names for her ... were the clear...

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• Grade Level: High School