... Jane as "small and plain and Quaker-like." Jane Eyre is a young woman who is completely unprotected by social position. She has no family and is without power or independent wealth. What she lacks in femininity she makes up for with passion and appetite. Throughout the novel, Jane faces many hardships that test ... her integrity and spirit. In the opening scenes with her aunt, for example Jane ... this mysterious creature could be. Bronte's eloquent use of diction transformed reality into a fantasy type sequence, almost dream-like. Jane Eyre describes a fantastic "lion-like" creature tha...

• Word Count: 899
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... alongside her beloved husband. It is the way in which Jane Eyre battles against these hardships, that makes her such an intelligent and gallant heroine. The inner story of the novel, much more important than the melodramatic plot on which it hangs, is the story of Jane's long struggle to become a person who is admired, respected ... when the identity of Bertha Mason is revealed and Rochester begs Jane to go away with him. Jane knows that this would be wrong, but the decision is a terrible one. Everything is done to make it hard for her to give in to this test of great strength. Rochester...

• Word Count: 1193
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Explore the role of colonialism and 'the other' in Jane Eyre, with particular reference to the characters of Bertha and St. John By 1847, when Jane Eyre was first published, slavery had been abolished for nearly 14 years, and yet themes of racism, colonialism and slavery are prevalent throughout the novel. They show the fraught life of ... ;goblin-laughter'. Thirdly, they are associated with savage animals; 'wild beast', 'snarling, canine noise' and 'like a tigress'. In Gayatri Spivak's essay, she writes that Bertha's function in Jane Eyre is 'to render indetermina...

• Word Count: 2218
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate