1. Female Characters in Jane Eyre
... overcome her fiery passions that are physically manifested by Jane's 'alter ego' Bertha Mason. Both of these characters, as well as others such as Helen Burns are all females who are constrained by societal conventions, yet subvert them, and arise with great force. From Jane's early ordeals with the Reed family, it is evident that she is a fiercely passionate character ... religion she and many others devote themselves to, it is undoubted that she emerges with great force. Bronte subverts the societal expectations of the time by using atypical characters as well as subverting the tr...
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