Ive just completed a dissertation on the nineteenth-century governess in Britain and must say that it's led me to be strongly critical about common ideas about the theme of social class in 'Jane Eyre'. Jane does indeed assert that she is Rochester's intellectual equal despite her poverty. However, I don't believe that such ... way. She hated any task or treatment which implied similarities between her position and that of a servant. Therefore, when Jane Eyre declares her equality with Rochester, she is not making a stance that the poor are equal with the rich, but is distancing herself from ...

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