Every character has a flaw; Lady Macbeth and Jane Eyre are no exceptions. ... This would strictly go against the character that the author, Charlotte Bronte, wanted to portray in Jane. ... Lady Macbeth would influence Jane Eyre to fight her suppression as a female, and also to use her power of femininity. ... Due to her greed Lady Macbeth would show how truly caring and loving Jane Eyre is by splitting money with her family. ... The author of Jane Eyre wanted to show that female character's can be the emotional equivalence of a male. ...

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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 protagonists by society; both books use very simple characters to define and defy these limitations set before them, which ultimately created classics. To identify how gender impacted Eyre and Copperfield, gender roles must be identified. ... David Copperfield and Jane Eyre had very similar childhoods, Jane was orphaned David lost his father, Jane lived in an abusive home, David lived in an abusive home, Jane was sent off t...

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• Grade Level: High School