... 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 an assertion was against the middle-class social norms of the period. Ill-treatment of the ... is clear that she felt exactly the same 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, sh...

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... conditions were poor, and when fever broke out at the school, two of the girls died from the disease. These aspects are correlated to Eyre at Lowood, where Helen Burns was not only admired as a friend, but also loved like a sister, and also is, her death suffered ... future. Charlotte Bronte was sent away to the Roe Head School in 1831, where Mrs. Wooler was the head teacher. The plainness of Eyre, which is relentlessly defining of her throughout the novel, is no doubt mirrored in the size and dress of Bronte, which were distinct from ... slight. She also had a crooked mouth and a larg...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate