... position within society. However, the difference in the gender of the two orphans emphasize the different aspirations of each of the two orphans. Whereas Jane Eyre seeks to be loved, Pip seeks social advancement, wealth, and the desire to be a "gentleman."" In Great Expectations, the moral theme is ... one's real character. Drummle, for instance, is an upper-class lout, while Magwitch, a persecuted convict, has a deep inner worth. Like Pip, Jane Eyre, in her passage through loneliness, isolation, intense suffering and temptation, asserts her own individuality, forges a sense of identity,...

• Word Count: 1152
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... Her novels were merely an excerpt 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, ... and Rochester and the actions taken to bring about such a conclusion. It is important to remember that when Charlotte set out to write Jane Eyre, she was faced with infinite contingencies that would dictate the shape of the novel and the way it ran. Her authorial decisions were crucial. ... . ...

• Word Count: 2473
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Jane's Eyriness Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre challenges the accepted Victorian conceptions of gender hierarchy, making the statement that a woman's inner development merits as much attention and analysis as that of ... in the public sphere what they can do. This is a very bold statement by Bronte, in her attempt to make a political statement within her book Jane Eyre. She even goes all out when she follows up that statement by concluding the paragraph with, "it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures (men ... followers she has in her mission to enlist change, the faster the...

• Word Count: 1148
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It seems that Jane Eyre has an introverted personality, because she is happiest when alone, "With Bewick on my knee, I was then happy: happy at least in my way." However, if Jane was not surrounded ... also show that Jane is very intelligent for her age, and perhaps this comes from her wide reading. Of course, since the story is being told by an adult Jane Eyre, it is possible that the intelligent thoughts have been developed in retrospect, but some of them do appear to have been thought at the time. She is able to draw ... ...

• Word Count: 808
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate