... portrayed as an-angel-in-house; one extreme image of female identity (Ibid, p.346). It could be stated that Charlotte Bronte has presented Helen as a sister for Jane. Although, Helen represents an angel figure for Jane, she leaves Jane as she dies young of disease. This could be a reference to Charlotte's sisters, ... During her time in school, she became imaginative and it resulted in Jane Eyre's stay at Lowood School, and the presenting Helen Burns, who dies at the school was a result of the deaths of Charlotte's two older sisters (Wendy & Craik, 1970,pp. 140-145). Therefore, if ... re...

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... pushing the limits and crossing boundaries set by her role as a child, Jane is somewhat ostracized by her peers as a problem child and liar. Helen, who is like a counter-character to Jane, has mastered the ability to follow the ideal rules of acceptable behavior for the role of a child ... . Helen is able to calm Jane down and change her perspective on things. Helen is a sort of authoritative figure to Jane. She is like the older kid that Jane looks up to, who baffles Jane, ... but Jane still learns how to act from her. Jane is a little riled up when Helen tells her, "'Hush, Jane! you t...

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Quest for Love If others don't love me, I would rather die than live "I cannot bear to be solitary and hated, Helen. Look here; to gain some real affection from you, or Miss Temple, or any other whom I truly love, I would willingly submit to have the bone ... or "charity children."" Jane comes to be very good friends with Helen Burns. Jane actually comes to love Helen in the way one would love a sister. The sad thing about this relationship is 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...

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... nothing to put Jane there. The girls are underfed, overworked, and forced to sit still during seemingly endless sermons. However , Jane's experiences of Lowood are not all bad. She befriended Helen Burns , a person who became quite close to her and in a certain way played an important role on her life. She had the opportunity to excel in many studies , particularly at ... herself declared "when we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again very hard so as to teach the person who struck us never to do it again. " Helen's doctrine of endurance and love is incompatible wit...

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... a doctrine of poverty and privation to his students while using the school's funds to provide a wealthy and opulent lifestyle for his own family. At Lowood, Jane befriends a young girl named Helen Burns, whose strong; martyr like attitude toward the school's miseries is both helpful and displeasing to Jane; after massive typhus epidemic sweeps Lowood ... Helen dies of consumption. The epidemic also results in the departure of Mr. Brocklehurst by attracting attention to the insalubrious conditions at Lowood. Jane's life improves dramatically and she spends eight ... distinguished and d...

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... control her temper. However, despite the poor conditions, in Lowood, Jane began to feel accepted. Miss. Temple, who runs the school, and Helen Burns, a fellow classmate, helped her become a stronger person. Helen taught her to not worry much about what others think of her. Lowood was a school formed to educate orphaned children. Jane described the people ... in bringing up these girls, was not to accustom them to luxury and indulgence, but to render them, hardy, patient, and self-denying" (95). Helen befriended Jane and taught her who to react to different situations, such as when Mr. B...

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... Brontë shows how Jane's self esteem and feeling of value grow (97). Then, when Jane moves to Lowood School and encounters "Helen Burns", the supernatural elements sweep in there too. For example, when Ms.Temple asks them over for tea, the three women bond over ... this sisterhood of modesty, perseverance, and sincerity. Helen's intellect and moral cleanliness shine through her superficial look. "The refreshing meal, the brilliant fire, the presence and kindness of her beloved instructress, ... or, perhaps, more than all these, something in her own unique mind, had roused her powers wit...

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... afford-ed by middle-class luxury" while homogeneitality is nessiscary for the working class (Godfrey 857). This mentality was the basis of constricting societal hierarchy during the Victorian era. Helen Burns attends the Lowood School and is continually mistreated, Jane is astonished to see her reactions towards the abuse because she turns the other cheek. Although being surrounded by evangelical ... form of christianity Helen sees christianity for tolerance and acceptance. This mentality is what not only gets Helen through each day at Lowood but is also passed to Jane. Jane's faith is ...

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... be independent. Bronte was the same way. While Jane is at Lowood several students pass away from typhus fever. One of the students that passes away is, her best friend Helen Burns. Helen is a couple years older than Jane is and she looks up to her extremely. Bronte's two older sisters passed away from tuberculosis (Bronte, 1). A best friend is a sister one never ... had. Since Jane does not have any siblings Helen is the symbol for a sibling. She signifies the loss a loved one and learning from it. Jane truly loves her as a sister. Bronte's older sisters were role models to her. Bronte ...

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... Jane was about ten years of age Mrs. Reed sent her to Lowood School. Jane meets two friends at Lowood, Mary Ann Wilson, and Helen Burns. Helen influences Jane's spiritual beliefs, and Jane's views on certain ideas. Then, Helen dies in the epidemic of illness at the school due to the harsh treatments. Jane spends eight years of her life at Lowood School ... , like Lowood, it had very poor conditions and harsh treatment on the girls. Charlotte's two older sisters died most likely because of the harsh treatment at Cowan's Bridge. So did Helen Burns, Jane's friend, at Lowood School. Also, bo...

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... 's keenness for her audience, the reader, to evaluate, and make up its own mind about the events that she recounts: "Why did I not spend these sweet days of liberty with [Helen]?" she asks, encouraging the reader to think for himself, rather than simply depending on the narrative for information. There remains, however, some tension and uncertainty in parts of the novel ... told that she "in [her] ignorance understood [consumption to be] something mild, which time would alleviate"." Here, in our knowledge of consumption as a serious complaint, and what that means for Helen's chances of s...

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... in the Bible which lasted an hour."" Jane's life at the school is cruel, but she does have a friend in Miss Temple and Helen Burns, which makes things more bearable. However, Bronte highlights the bad punishments by contrasting Helen's acceptance of all the punishments and Jane's inability to do so. Because if Jane accepted all the punishments then they would not seem ... , we should strike back again very hard-. Jane naturally wants to fight against anything unfair and thinks she "must resist those who punish me unjustly-. This is much different to Helen, as she believes in suffering no...

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... allow,"" Mrs. Reed points out. Lowood is also a place of severe cold. It is a place where Jane learns, at the fireside of Miss Temple, to curb her emotions. Inspired by Helen Burns and her saintliness, Jane learns to endure her life at Lowood with patience. Mr. Brocklehurst, misguided by Mrs. Reed, warns the teachers of the capacity for deceit of which ... Mr. Brocklehurst makes a vicious and false report about her in front of everyone. In her stay at Lowood, her capacity for endurance is tested to a great extent. Her good friend Helen Burns offers her advice on how she can evade pain. ...

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... without a mother causing a lot of the maternal responsibilities to fall to her. In "Jane Eyre" while at Lowood, Helen Burns becomes a good friend and even a mother type figure to Jane even though they are close to the same age. Helen's death left Jane; much like Charlotte's sister's deaths left Charlotte, many more responsibilities with no mothering figure to lean on ... ...

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... "Bewick's history of British Birds. (Brontë, p.8). Jane's formal education can be answered as the reformation of women in Victorian period (1837-1901). Moreover, Miss Temple, Diana, Marry and Helen are educated formally. On the other side, Charu learns to read with the assistance of Amal (Tagore,1901,Nostoneer). She knew to read the novel of Bankim and knew to ... her for only companion and he had no sensual attraction and love for her. Jane's marry to penniless and cripple Rochester is another sign of pure love. Her love for Helen is the best example of love. She says, "To gain some r...

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... ). Also in Jane Eyre we receive a taste of the idea of how a woman (or girl even) should behave. As the reader gets to know Helen Burns at Logwood, the school of where our protagonist Jane attends, Helen's calm and innocent nature symbolizes how an "ideal woman" should reason. Even if bad things happen, a woman should be grateful and forgiving, and ... ...

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... the same coin, are shrouded in negative connotations. Any time when Jane is being marginalised or disempowered, she is described with foreign imagery. Her ideas of rebellion are quashed by Helen saying 'heathens and savage tribes hold that doctrine, but Christians and civilised nations disown it'. This idea of Christian superiority is central throughout the discussion of race, particularly when ... ...

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... day as an orphan who lives with Reed family who dislikes her in Gateshead Hall. Then, Lowood marks the place where she had her education and met Miss Temple and Helen Burns. As she grows older and excel in her studies, she continued her life as a governess to Adele at Thornfield and falls in love with Mr. Rochester. There are many ... ...

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... 's childhood sufferings" (Craik 77). This behavior is continued with her stay at Lowood school. Here she continues to be neglected and ignored. Only through her friendship of Miss Temple and Helen Burns is she shown hope. The school section shows "the mind of the child that was going to grow into Jane Erye, the woman. Every incident and every character has ... ...

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... and her sisters dealt with at their school which eventually took the lives of two of her sisters. The death of Bronte's two older sisters connects to the death of Helen Burns in Jane Eyre. As Jane gets older she becomes a teacher and then a governess. In Bronte's life she was a teacher at Ro Head School but soon became bored and tired ... ...

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