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This paper evaluates the theme of religious destiny within a character analysis of Jane Eyre in the same titled novel by Charlotte Bronte. The paper examines Jane's actions, symbolic representations of faith, and her successful overcoming of great obstacles by relying on God, and shows how she becomes a woman that follows a strict and loyal destiny towards spiritual purity.

Tags:bronte, eyre, religion

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This paper examines Charlotte Bronte's life against the main character of her novel, Villette, to reveal two women afraid of imagination and light and in preference of isolation and shadows. The paper also looks at Bronte's unimaginative childhood, tough upbringing,and lonely life in Belgium and reflects how these experiences translated onto paper in the character of Lucy Snowe. It also discusses how light and dark images are used often in the novel to convey Snowe's fear or the light of life and her preference for the darkness of solitude.

From the Paper
"Lucy's favorite place at the school is the alley. It is blocked from any sunlight by the vines and branches which have grown above it, making it "quiet and shady" (174). For Lucy, who prefes the shade and is herself a shadow, the alley is a perfect haven: "the very gloom of the walk attracted me" (174). Gordon, referring to the alley as a path, comments that Lucy "takes this path only when others are at prayer. In short, she takes the path as Protestant and alien" (259). This statement echoes Bronte's own loneliness and separation while in Brussels. Norman Sherry adds, "it is hers in actuality and in symbol -- for Lucy's world is then as sequestered and isolated as this alley, her nature is just as repressed and concealed" (97). When Lucy decides to hide the letters, she buries them in the alley. "

Tags:dark, shadows, light, belgium

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This paper first explains that, although Jean Rhys' "Wide Sargasso Sea"was written 125 years after Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre", there is a great similarity in the plots and in the protagonist Edward Rochester, a mysterious enigmatic man, who is viewed differently. Next, the author explains that this variation is because he is perceived differently by narrator Jane Erye than Rhys' narrator Antoinette, Rochester's other wife. The paper relates that Bronte's hero is a nineteenth-century man with a strange appeal and a well-meaning heart but a seriously flawed nature. On the other hand, Rhys portrays Rochester as a much more mysterious character.

From the Paper
""Wide Sargasso Sea" is primarily narrated by Rochester's other wife, Antoinette, who has not had the opportunity to develop the same ideas about marriage and love that Jane has. She does not mention Rochester--indeed, is not aware of him, for the very simple reason that he has not entered her life--until the third part of the novel, at which point she is already being held in the attic, seeing almost no one except for Grace Poole. Her sanity is also in some doubt for this section of the book, and Rochester is possibly at least partially to blame for the degradation of her mental state."

Tags:characterization re-imagining, byronic flaws, vulnerability, first-person narration

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This review analyzes the significance of the character Bertha in Charlotte Bronte's classic novel, "Jane Eyre". The paper discusses how Bertha becomes the women that Jane wishes she could be when things are out of control and how Bronte strategically places Bertha near Jane so that she can be that extension and so that Jane can live vicariously through her. The paper shows how Bertha becomes an extension of Jane's character, illustrating how Bertha represents the side of Jane that longs to be free and independent of men.

From the Paper
"Bertha's character is an emotional outlet for the emotions that Jane does not allow herself to experience. Jane is accustomed to behaving in a prim and proper manner most of the time and we see this even when she discovers the truth about Bertha. She firmly decides to tell Rochester that she needs to leave and "begin a new existence amongst strange faces and strange scenes" (Bronte 333). She wants to leave him because her option is intolerable. She struggles, however, to get to this point. Earlier, she wavers even though she knows exactly what she should do. For example, she writes that she hears a "voice within in me averred that I could do it; and foretold that I should do it. I wrestle with my own resolution: I wanted to be weak and avoid the awful passage of further suffering I saw laid out for me" (326). Her struggle is too much for her at times because just a few lines later when Rochester wonders if Jane could ever forgive him she does so "on the spot" (326) without any regret or wavering. She does forgive him but it is only a matter of the heart. She still knows what she must do to carry on with her life but it does not make her any happier. Bertha is just the opposite of this prim and proper lady. She can do crazy things because she is unstable and she can be excused for that behavior. Jane never has that luxury. Bertha's appearance allows the conflict to surface."

Tags:women conflict, male-dominated

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This paper explains that, although masculinity is not a central theme in Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre", it is important, as seen in the two main male characters - Edward Rochester and St. John Rivers. The author points out that, when Bronte wrote the novel, her image of masculinity was men who were rough around the edges, mysterious, gruff and in need of reformation. The paper compares the villain and dark character, Edward Rochester with the hero, St. John Rivers, examines how they interact with Jane and looks at the issue of masculinity.

From the Paper
"It is unfortunate that Mr. Rochester so often strays from the moral path, because Jane obviously goes through a lot of emotional pain from all of the problems that he causes her. Even though she suffers, though, she does not complain. She simply accepts her lot in life and goes one with what she should be doing. In many ways, she is very admirable, and she is stronger than Mr. Rochester. She has more self-control than Mr. Rochester as well, and she sees where her moral duty lies."

Tags:reformation, servant, honorable, morality, clergyman

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This paper explains that red, which most people associated as the color of fire, and fire are important symbols in this story. The author points out that, in the beginning chapter of "Jane Eyre" written by Charlotte Bronte, Jane is put in the red room. The paper relates that Bronte continues to use the symbols of fire and red throughout the book in many different forms and shapes as she leads the reader to grasp the importance of Jane becoming independent and not afraid in order to find happiness in her life.

From the Paper
"Most people connect red as the color of fire. In the beginning chapter of "Jane Eyre" written by Charlotte Bronte, Jane is put in the "red" room. Red and fire are important symbols in this story. Often these symbols show the struggle Jane has to become independent and to find happiness and a sense of belonging. The beginning chapter of Jane Eyre begins with the fireplace where Eliza, John, and Georgiana cluster around their mother. Fire and red are two symbols that Bronte uses throughout the book in many different forms and shapes as she leads the reader to grasp the importance of Jane becoming independent and not afraid in order to find happiness in her life. In the beginning chapter Jane is hurt by John who started a fight, but Jane is the one punished. "

Tags:jane, eyre, fire

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This paper analyzes Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, published in 1847 when England's political climate showed evidence of an emerging feminist movement. The paper examines the heroine, Catherine Earnshaw and her figurative double, Heathcliff to illuminate Bronte's commentary on the maddening confinement of female individuality.

From the Paper
"As a result of her hopelessness, Heathcliff becomes Catherine's device for strength. So when little Catherine asked for a whip, she got Heathcliff instead who proved to be her metaphorical "whip" in using him as a tool for power."

Tags:feminist, madness

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This paper begins with a description and overview of Charlotte Bronte's "The Professor". Then a fundamental analysis and interpretation of the literary work are presented. Positions such as how this novel describes Charlotte Bronte's personal feelings of passion, love and uncertainty are revealed throughout the material.

From the Paper
"Although "The Professor" may be considered as a weak addition to Bronte's portfolio of literary works, Bronte ultimately earned fame for her writings including the contribution of novels such as "Jane Eyre and "Shirley."

"Like her successful pieces, Bronte portrays in "The Professor" her personal encounters in relationships, personal struggles and the yearning for love. As the novel relates, Bronte herself went to boarding school in Brussels in 1842 along with her sister Emily. While attending the school, Bronte fell in love with a married man, who was the head of the institution. The feelings that Bronte experienced were not mutual. Because of this, Bronte spent a good deal of time in distress and pain over the situation."

Tags:Crimsworth, Belgium, passion, love, uncertainty, headmistress

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The paper begins with a character study of Bertha Mason, who appears in both novels. Her role and capabilities in the two novels are compared and the paper discusses how Rhys' novel is in some ways a revision of Bronte's work. The language, speech, thought and genre in the two novels are compared, and the differences in settings are highlighted. The difference in perspective (English vs. Colonial) in the novels is discussed and Rochester's reaction to his wife in each novel is studied. The paper supports its claims with quotes from the novels and concludes by summing up the similarities and differences between the works.

From the Paper
"Bertha Antoinetta Mason is an interesting character, who plays a relatively minor role in "Jane Eyre," but a major role in Jane's fate. It is easy to see why Rhys decided to resurrect her and tell her story, because even though she only appears a few times in the novel, she is a fascinating character. Bertha is the mad wife of Mr. Rochester, Jane's love. He married Mason without knowing her family's roots in madness."

Tags:role, capabilities, revision, language, genre, differences, setting, perspective, Rochester, thought, speech

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This paper uses the notion of contrasting settings to describe the strong forces between passion and reason in Emily Bronte's novel.

From the Paper
"The two major settings, Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange, represent opposing forces; such as aged and new, ugly and beautiful respectively. Moreover, they represent the main characters' struggle between passion and reason and the potential of each to become the opposite."

Tags:setting