From Jane's early ordeals with the Reed family, it is evident that she is a fiercely passionate character, who at times struggles to deal with the oppressive patriarchal society she lives in. ... " The Reed family hold precisely the same views and as punishment for defying the social convention of a 10 year old "dependent" Jane is sentenced to the Red Room; however, she "resisted all the way" demonstrating the existence of the unbridled passions instilled within her. ... Helen is metaphorically linked with 'Rasselas' a moralistic novel that concluded t...

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