... an equal relationship with a man reflects a perhaps feminist attitude, which is also furthered by her view of women. Interestingly, when she is first introduced to Mrs Fairfax she preconceives that she is a rich widow rather than the housekeeper for a man – her first conclusion is to assume that the woman is in ... a position of power. Mrs Fairfax's actual position shows that she is far from it – "this affable and kind little widow was no great dame, but a dependant like ... myself". Uses of the words "kind" and "affable" in this quotation shows Jane's respect for Mrs Fairfax despit...

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... in 1821, similar to the death of Eyre's real mother. The Reverend Bronte subsequently treated his children in a severe manner, comparable to the harsh and cruel treatment Eyre sustained by Mrs. Reed. He also had the five girls sent to school at Cowan Bridge, where conditions were poor, and when fever broke out at the school, two of the girls died ... characterized by a sense of hopelessness and was said to have never entertained pleasant thoughts of the future. Charlotte Bronte was sent away to the Roe Head School in 1831, where Mrs. Wooler was the head teacher. The plainness of Eyre, w...

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... youngest sister Anne was able to get Branwell a job with a wealthy family named the Robinsons. Branwell was fired from his position within just a few months for having an affair with Mrs. Robinson. Several years later, Mr. Robinson would pass away and Branwell began courting his newly widowed love again. He assumed that after a short courtship ... , Mrs. Robinson would agree to marry him and they would live happily ever after. Instead, Mrs. Robinson denied his proposal and Branwell's life quickly declined into alcoholism and an opiate addiction leading to his death at 31. The obvious ......

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... to lose your husband and then raise a child that is not yours and who does not match your mannerisms. Jane later explains that she had 'nothing in harmony with Mrs Reed or her children' This reference to harmony is something that appears in both novels and this probably relates to the fact that in order to have a successful, strong relationship ... bonds between Tamora and Lavinia in Titus Andronicus are forged from hatred and deceit. Even the antipathy between Jane and Mrs Reed cannot come close to the venom exhibited by Tamora for the pure and gentle daughter her sworn enemy. Ind...

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... sources. While Jane was youthful, she had just a Biblical course outlook point of view consolidated with the hopeless passionate states of her surroundings. This thus prompted Jane being mean with Mrs. Reed. Despite the fact that Jane thinks Helen may have admittance to some profound spiritual truth, Jane cannot comprehend Helen's "convention of continuance" or her sensitivity for her torturer. Dissimilar ... attack the first does not necessarily imply to attack the last". In Jane Eyre, Bronte supports the topic that standard actions are not moral through the ordinary personality of Mrs...

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... she has read about. She fully understands the unfairness of her situation, and she is even able to understand what Mrs Reed must feel, the woman who is partly the cause of Jane's suffering. She can intelligently consider what has caused Mrs Reed to be so cruel: "how could she really like an interloper not of her race"; "It must have been ... ...

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... be draw between Jane and oppression of foreignness, particularly in relation to Bertha. For example, Jane waits ten years to become a 'rebel slave' and react to her treatment by Mrs Reed; Bertha is held for ten years in the attic before she 'breaks out, now in fire and now in blood'. The similarities between Jane and Bertha, proposed by ... ...

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... of 'ten years later', or the inexperienced girl of the story's present (but the narrator's past). An example of this might be the narrator Jane's empathy for characters such as Mrs Reed, which is at odds with the child's perception. She asks "how could she really like an interloper not of her race?"," but the reader is left uncertain as to ... ...

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... having behaved so wretchedly toward Joe and Biddy. Second, Pip desires social self-improvement. In love with Estella, he longs to become a member of her social class, and, encouraged by Mrs. Joe and Pumblechook, he entertains fantasies of becoming a gentleman. The working out of this fantasy forms the basic plot of the novel; it provides Dickens the opportunity to gently satirize ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate