... she is a little girl living with her aunt, Mrs. Reed., at Gateshead Hall. While at Gateshead Jane is subjected to many things by her so called family and love is definitely not one of them. She is beaten, isolated from the rest of the household, and in a very memorable scene locked in a room for a ... that Helen dies due to a sickness that is spreading throughout the school. Even though Helen dies early on in their relationship with each other, Jane's love for Helen does not die. She will always remember the girl who opened her eyes to a whole new perspective on life and on death. Helen...

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... aristocracy. Nevertheless, certain individuals became outsiders. Hence, orphan and abandoned children became a concern for society because they were homeless having no past and family relations. Moreover, orphans were regarded as a burden for the society and seen as dangerous threats. Orphans were maltreated and they were thought to be ... franker, more natural " (Bronte, 2006, p. 9). As if Jane were a trouble, because the word "lighter" suggests that Jane is a burden to Reed's family. This could be linked to the Victorian and 19th century orphan hood. According to Laura Peters, the orph...

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... physical change turns his emotions from haughty pride into sensitivity. Just as love embodies many different forms, the types of love can cause various effects. For example, although both environments positively develop Jane's character, the romantic affection she experiences at Thornfield touches her heart in a greatly different way than does the sense of family love she encounters at Moor House. The discovery of Jane ... 's family influences her character by giving her a sense of pride. All her life, an orphan, she "had nobody,"" but the discovery of "three relations- living in ... se...

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... then enrolls in a convent school in Spanish Town, which she got teased about her crazy mother in the school. Therefore, they both grew up with a little love from people surrounded them and they lose their family and their first friend. In School, everything not beautiful like they were expecting, but they find it as a safest place than any other places, as Antoinette ... to lead the faith of her own life. Jane gets everything that she wanted in her life: she is married to a person that she loved, She gets a family and gain financial independence. Rochester love and respect Jane as equal...

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... time. While both the sisters created characters with similar countenances they also created characters with large differences. Similarities can be seen in the Reed family of Jane Eyre and Hindley in Wuthering Heights. Jane is viewed by the Reed's as an outsider, someone that has no values, and ... in Wuthering Heights. Likewise Charlotte presented an image of marriage as stifling to one's character, unless of course it is a marriage based on true love. Jane does eventually find happiness in marriage with Rochester, but only after almost entering into an unloving marriage with St. John. ...

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... speak. The novel follows the development of Jeanette as she grows up and makes the decision that she is a lesbian and this causes uproar in the family home and in church as her highly religious mother regards this as a sin thus resulting in the breakdown of the relationship. Jeanette explains that after she ... except Jane is adopted by her aunt. One could assume that because it is her aunt she would be treated better as she really is true family, but this is not the case. Jane's Aunt Reed is very bitter towards Jane because she was bound to her by the death of Mr Reed ... herself bound...

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... relation of mine; I will never call you aunt again as long as I live" (Bronte, p27). Once at Lowood School Jane, at first, finds no more love or acceptance than at the Reeds. Mr. Broklehurst, the schools headmaster, is a cruel, hypocritical, and abusive Jones 2 man, and most of the teachers are strict ... meets a young girl, Helen Burns, and a strong friendship begins. Shortly after, however, Helen dies and Jane is, again, left alone without anyone to really love her. Jane stays at Lowood until she is eighteen and decides to find a new job. She becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall for...

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... do to please them, persist in disliking me. I must resist those who punish me unjustly." (P51) If in Gateshead Jane resisted only her aunt's family, then in Lowood the resisted object has expanded into a more winder environment. Jane's rebellious spirit was inspired once more time. She gave up her ... Jane left Thornfield, heart-broken. In Thornfield, this completely unfamiliar place, Jane still relations her rebellious spirit all along. Twists and turns of love between Jane and Rochester produce a large space to open up Jane's character fully. When Jane felt deeply attached to Mr. Roche...

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... without encroaching upon her sense of self. In addition, she does not allow her love to restrict her intellectual, spiritual, or emotional independence. Jane Eyre begins her life as a young orphan raised by a wealthy family at a place called Gateshead. Jane is described as a penniless orphan forced to live ... I love them. They were not bound to regard with affection a thing that could not sympathize with one amongst them; a heterogeneous thing, opposed to them in temperament, in capacity, in propensities; a useless thing, incapable of serving their interest... (page 13- 14). Living with...

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... a learning experience and spends all her time there, she does not go anywhere during the holidays. Compared to Scout she does not have a loving family or any friends outside Lowood and therefore has nowhere to go during the holidays. After six years of being at Lowood, Jane becomes a teacher. She ... considers to be horrid. In contrast to Jane Eyre, in To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout has very much got a family, who loves her and treats her as an equal. She receives much love from her family and is never neglected, unlike Jane, who is constantly reminded by John that she is a dependant and a...

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... and scolded all the time no matter she is right or wrong. In such an unsound family, Jane suffers both physical and mental tortures which lead to her anxiety for love and freedom. The unhappy experiences with the Reed family at Gateshead also resulte in Jane Eyre's uncontrolled temper.What would Uncle Reed say to you ... unfair environment too much; she can not do what she likes to do as an innocent little girl; she can neither get a warm love which she should have had from the family. All of her wrong is touch and go when she is sent to Lowood. She shouts to her aunt to retaliate, "I am...

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... on. This example shows that in all aspects of the Bronte sister's writings there are influences from their actual lives. One Byronic characteristic Rochester, Heathcliff and Branwell share is their love for a woman they can't have. Douglas A. Martin explains in his book "Branwell" that after his art career slowly failed, his youngest sister Anne was able to get ... . This essay has shown that through childhood experiences Emily and Charlotte Bronte recreated their brother, Branwell, as a Byronic hero in each of the sisters' successful novels. Their want for a love that is forbidden, mood...

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... plot and showing character development. The setting in The Grapes of Wrath allows the reader to see the poor conditions in the dust bowl that the Joad family was forced to live and the opportunities they had in California; however, they were unable to obtain them. Charlotte Bronte sets her story, Jane Eyre, ... 's parties. Jane was a very strong woman for her time, as she did not allow people to mistreat her. She is on a constant search for love and goes many places to find it. As Jane travels through each place, starting at age ten in Gateshead Hall till she was nineteen in Ferndean, sh...

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... renowned independence prompts her to leave Lowood and seek the job of a governess somewhere else. There she meets Edward Rochester, and almost immediately falls in love. After finding out a deep dark secret about Mr. Rochester, Jane is forced to once again leave the place she called home and move on in ... Jesus Christ. The dependence Jane has upon herself helps her gain the courage to leave St. John Rivers and Whitcross and to find her one true love - Mr. Rochester. Ever since she could remember, Jane has lived with her Aunt Reed, and her cousins Georgiana, Eliza, and John. All of ... ...

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... together. Mr. Rochester leaves suddenly for a house party at a local estate. Jane is miserable during his absence and realizes that she has fallen deeply in love with him. Mr. Rochester returns with a party of guests including the beautiful Blanche Ingram. In a jealous state, Jane believes that Mr. Rochester is pursuing ... coach that takes her to faraway Whitcross. She roams around looking for work and begging for food until finally she wonders to a home owned by the River's family, who offers her shelter. Jane soon becomes close friends with St. Johns sisters, Diana and Mary and offers...

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... . She does not act upon them because Mr. Rochester is supposed to marry Blanche Ingram, a beautiful, fine, woman. Jane does not believe they truly love each other but they are good match for each other. Later Mr. Rochester admits that he used Blanche to make her jealous. He admits his ... she for me? None: as I have taken pains to prove...I would not-I could not-marry Miss Ingram. You-you strange, you almost unearthly thing! I love you as my own flesh. You-poor and obscure, and small and plain as you are-I entreat to accept me as a husband" (Bronte 241-242) ... her. Jane's uncle has died...

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... herself engrossed in literature. As an infant, she was loved and well cared for; as a child, she was shunned and turned away from the only family she knew; as an adult, she is set apart by others and easily made fun of. To Jane Eyre, complex social issues such as these are ... I noticed that Jane was hardly referred to as what she is. At Gateshead Hall, she is treated as though she is not a child in need of love and compassion or of a loving mother. As a child she is abused, neglected, and emotionally scarred by the people who should have treated her with kindness. She ... in a differ...

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... the school. Jane ended up working for Rochester, she was taking care of the kid. While she was working for Rochester, she suddenly was in love with him. Unfortunately, she found out that Rochester was married at the time.Jane leaves Thornfield and lives outdoors for awhile and then goes back to ... left Lowwood and went to Thornfield where she worked for Rochester. She was taking care of Adele. She liked the environment there and she fell in love with Rochester because she felt that he was the right person for her. Unfortunately, Mr. Briggs announced that Rochester couldn't marry Jane be...

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... passionate, St John is austere and ambitious. Jane's relationship with the two men are similar, her burning passion for Rochester vs. her brotherly love for St John. Her life story shows the difficulties and rewards of balancing passion and reason. Edward Rochester is her employer, and the first ... real man in her life. She falls madly in love with him, but for a governess to even consider romantic involvement with her rich employer was considered ridiculous. Marriage to Rochester offers her a chance ... St. John would mean sacrificing passion for principal. Jane will only enter into ...

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... woman, Jane Eyre, had to overcome terrible cruelty though her own willpower. Jane never had a father figure in her life. Besides Mr. Lloyd, the family's kind apothecary, every other man in the first half of her life did not treat Jane well at all (Berg 28). One of the most cruel ... "my dear-. He then stopped, bit his lip, and swiftly left Jane. There was also another instance where Rochester was trying to hint at his love for Jane. When a gypsy woman showed up one night at Thornfield, Jane decided to get her fortune told. Rochester, was disguised as the oracle that ... whether she is o...

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... show Jane's amicability. She never forced Rochester to make any rash decisions due to her desires. Jane leaves Thornfield to show her strength against a love that would make her compromise herself, and jeopardize her independence. Nevertheless, she gives in to her conscience and eventually returns after Rochester mysteriously calls to ... her. As the caring person she is, she cannot leave her love blind, cripple, and alone. She cannot help but feel responsible for leaving Rochester in such a horrible state. She knows what her escape did to ... with Rochester. This does not comply with La...

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... she fought back against her cousin John when he hit her and even compared him to the Roman emperors. Jane finally got away from her hateful family and found temporary satisfaction with her life at Lowood School. Though the name Lowood suggested that Jane's teenage years would be somewhat of a disappointment, ... As a result, Jane decided to depart from Lowood and become a governess at Thornfield Hall for a young girl, Adele Varens. Jane began to fall in love with Mr. Rochester, the owner of Thornfield. As time went on, Jane and Mr. Rochester became very close and agreed to get married. ...

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... her while Cinderella is orphaned as a child and left in the care of her stepmother and stepsisters. Jane's search for love, family and independence is much more extensive than Cinderella's. Jane looks for a way of supporting herself and in turn finds love and family through Rochester. Cinderella takes a step towards being independent by going to the ball at the palace against her stepmother's wishes ... . During the ball she meets the prince and they fall in love. These two characters lead very parallel lives. When Jane was just a baby, both of ... her parents died. Her mother's brother...

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... of children, students and grown-ups all over the world. Some of its readers consider it to be a children's novel, others appreciate it because of the romantic love story of Jane and Mr Rochester. But in fact the author is writing about the "woman question-, about the possibilities for women to be happy, about the ... least this is what she feels. But Rochester just wants to make her jealous. This, however, causes her pain and she is so desperate in her love that she sees no way out. When she leaves Thornfield to go to Gateshead to say good-bye to Mrs Reed, she wants to forget. It seems ....

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... Ferndean is the complete opposite of Thornfield. A fern often symbolizes a new beginning. Life at Ferndean is just that. The rebirth of Rochester and Jane's love and the start of a new life seem very promising. She is offered a new chance, a blank slate to start over again. "Ferndean then remained uninhabited ... (497). As shown in the quote, Ferndean is much like an artist's blank easel. Jane is now able to paint new memories with the family that she has always dreamt of. A fern is preferable to more isolated and hidden areas. The secluded tendency of Ferndean reflects this preference....

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