... than Jane Eyre. This is because it is set during the 1900's, when the effects of the depression were spreading and there are racial tensions between black and whites. This differs from Jane Eyre because in Jane Eyre, a class system exists where everyone is divided into a class and everyone is segregated ... , but her aunt believes that she is just trying to escape her punishment, and ignores her pleas. At this point, Mrs Reed sees Jane as an "actress" (P.13) and a liar. She says to Jane "this violence is all most repulsive" (P.13) and this further reinforces her lack of compassion, cold ...

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Look closer. American Beauty is a black, startling look at the nuclear family in suburban America. Lester and Carolyn Burnham are - on the outside - a perfect husband and wife, with a perfect house, ... outfit with a grey woollen vest. Ricky's mother has an almost peasant look about her, also dressing in black, white and grey. Her wispy grey hair accentuates her dullness. This lack of colour must therefore be matched by actress Allison Janney, who plays Mrs. Fitts, in the regard that her personality is also bleak and unexciting - ... perhaps even not all there. The Burnham's daughter Jane is...

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