It is very difficult to understand for someone unfamiliar with nineteenth-century texts. The sentences are long and complicated, and the vocabulary is elaborate. This formal prose was very common at this time, in spoken and written language.
At first, I presumed that seeing things through Jane's eyes would persuade the reader into thinking that things were not as bad as Jane makes out to be. But after realizing how strict the era really was, I think that what Jane feels and thinks is true to life at the time.
Another key way that Bronte depicts life at the time is by using many very effective writing tools and techniques that help the reader really understand Jane's feelings about both good and bad things. These are often used very subtly, but all of them are effective and are meant to involve the reader a lot more. Bronte uses these very cleverly and in this first part of the book, there are three main techniques that I have noticed. The first is the descriptive passages Bronte uses to get the reader nearer to the action. A good example of this is Bronte's often journalistic style of writing. This is shown when Jane (as narrator) says "it was the fifteenth of January, about nine o'clock in the morning: Bessie was gone down to breakfast; my cousins had not yet been summoned to their mama-. This is only a few lines long, but gives the reader a lot of information and this makes them feel more involved.
The second tool I noticed Bronte using was pathetic fallacy. She uses this to make feelings deeper and clearer to understand. A prime example of this is the way Bronte uses the weather to intensify the mood in order to see Jane's feelings. This is shown when Jane first arrives at Lowood and the conditions are cold and bleak and this accentuates Jane's misery.
"Wet lawn and storm-beat shrub, with ceaseless rain sweeping away wildly before along and lamentable blast."".
The cruelty of the regime at Lowood is simply strengthened by the depiction of harsh weather conditions.
Bronte was showing her childhood life through Jane. ... Bronte was similar she was sent to Roe Head School for a year and a half (Charlotte Bronte, 1). ... Bronte was sent home from roe head school because of harsh conditions (Charlotte Bronte, 1). ... Charlotte Bronte portrays herself through Jane. ... Jane does not have to struggle to gain the school. ...
(Bronte, 2010) This quote was directly taken from a novel by Charlotte Bronte entitled Jane Eyre. ... So, this paper will aim to discuss the important issues that have been portrayed by Charlotte Bronte. ... The story begins with Jane's childhood day as an orphan who lives with Reed family who dislikes her in Gateshead Hall. ... Many suggest that Bronte wrote this novel based on her own experience which also portrayed a real life story in the Victorian era. ... It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary f...
Jane Eyre Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is a book that needs to be read. ... Charlotte Bronte was born in Thornton, Yorshire. ... Jane Eyre was not just a book, it was almost a biography of the author Charlotte Bronte. ... Jane Eyre is and orphan who is deprived of her childhood. ... Its not how big the problems are, its how they problems are dealt with that matters. ...
Jane Eyre Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is a book that needs to be read. ... Charlotte Bronte was born in Thornton, Yorshire. ... Jane Eyre was not just a book, it was almost a biography of the author Charlotte Bronte. ... Jane Eyre is and orphan who is deprived of her childhood. ... Its not how big the problems are, its how they problems are dealt with that matters. ...
The books Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and David Copperfield by Charles Dickens were written in the Victorian era where gender and social limitations were forced upon the protagonists by society; both books use very simple characters to define and defy these limitations set before them, which ultimately created classics. ... David Copperfield and Jane Eyre had very similar childhoods, Jane was orphaned David lost his father, Jane lived in an abusive home, David lived in an abusive home, Jane was sent off to a boarding school and so was David. ... If their genders were switched, Jane was a ma...
Jane Eyre is a well-known gothic English novel publishes during the Victorian period by Charlotte Bronte. ... In the other hand, Bronte portrays Jane, rising against the societal oppression, due to her sense of self-worth and faith. ... Moreover, it shows different kind of narrative style and different way that narrators portray Mr. ... Regrettably, Helen dies of consumption in the school during the typhus spread in the school. ... Antoinette then enrolls in a convent school in Spanish Town, which she got teased about her crazy mother in the school. ...
In Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, Jane's childhood lacks love and the experiences necessary in order to maintain healthy relationships, therefore causing her to go on a search for her identity. ... Nevertheless, Jane strikes the odds and goes to school to become an educated young woman. ... A social barrier is seen between the rich and the poor, this is first portrayed when Jane is excluded from the Reed family. ... "The difference between a flower girl and a lady is not how she behaves, but how she is treated." ... "Those of us in the first American generations have had to figure ...
