... into the authority a female could command, with or without a face 'worthy' of a man's attention. Jane Eyre is in some ways the epitome of the plain, powerful voice Charlotte strove to lend a platform to. Reserved, dignified, and rigidly against the grain, Jane may be dwarfed by Blanche Ingram's beauty, but she certainly does not let this stop her in her endeavours. Despite the ... eventually wed, and, once again, our protagonist finds herself accused by a modern audience of 'giving into marriage' after over five hundred pages of confident unconventionality. Despite the powerfu...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate