1. Women in Persuasion and Jane Eyre
... Elliot, is described. "She had humored, or softened, or concealed his failings, and promoted his real respectability for seventeen years; and though not the very happiest being in the world herself, had found enough in her duties, her friends and her children, to attach her to life" (Austen, 47). As far as an ideal woman can be found this ... are not so ladylike, towards her cousin John in the beginning, led to her leaving Gateshead and receiving an education. Then leaving the safe environment of Logwood to pursue something new led her to find love and admiration. Leaving Mr. Rochester ...
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