"Jane Eyre"

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This paper discusses Charlotte Bronte's classic novel, "Jane Eyre". The paper explains the problem of modern literary criticism being the interjection of modern ideals and morals upon the past. The paper contends that feminism in the context of Bronte's time and the coincidence of the publishing of Jane Eyre is the feminism of the Victorian Era, fighting against convention and for self-determination, not the feminism of today, which would pit women against nearly all pretenses of morality and freedom of will.

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"The single most dangerous trap of modern literary criticism is interjecting modern ideals and morals upon the past. Gilbert and Gubar discuss Jane Eyre's "rebellious feminism" and see her narrative as "a story of enclosure and escape". Though there are some concepts, such as feminism that simply have no other word to describe the relative phenomena of a social ideal they must be used sparingly and only in context to the nature of the society which originally received the works. Feminism in context of Bronte's time and the coincidence of the publishing of Jane Eyre is the feminism of the Victorian Era, fighting against convention, and for self-determination, not the feminism of today that would pit women against nearly all pretenses of morality and freedom of will."

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