Rochester, "impressing by sound on his ear what light could no longer stamp on his eye." (Bloom, 1987, p
Unjust!_unjust!" said my reason, forced by the agonising stimulus into precocious though transitory power; and Resolve, equally wrought up, instigated some strange expedient to achieve escape from insupportable oppression_ as running away, or, if that could not be effected, never eating or drinking more, and letting myself die. (Bronte, 1922, p
Bront connects Rochester's blindness to acquisition of insight and to punishment, but it is above all a necessary concomitant of the novel's relentlessness in establishing Jane's point-of-view as not merely dominant but exclusive, either obliterating or containing all others. (Gezari, 1992, p
Yet feminist scholars must exercise caution: twentieth-century understandings of a woman's freedom and empowerment are not easily applied to the self-conceptions of Victorian women of faith. (Lamonaca, 2002, pg
2. Debra Teachman, Understanding Jane Eyre: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001), p
Here we can see how the two women are living parallel lives in that they are both strong women that do not wish to be held back by the constraints of a male-dominated world. Nina Auerbach maintains this idea, noting how Thornfield and Rochester share many features that are a "reflection of Jane's inner world" (Auerbach 49)
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)
Her mixed emotions need to be expressed and Bertha is the one through which she can live vicariously. Arnold Mackley agrees, noting how Bertha "acts out at least one of Jane's unconscious wishes when she comes into Jane's room on the night before Jane's wedding and rips up the wedding veil that Jane felt uncomfortable about wearing" (Makley)
It was a believe during the Victorian era that men had the capacity to reason, had their own self-interest, had the right of choice, as well as independence. This was not the case for women since women did not enjoy such rights (Goldhill, 2011)
Jane shows her capacity to make her own free decisions. Despite the challenges this woman undergoes through her life, the men she met, and her low social standing, she is able to push away all male characters in her life wanting to control her freedom (Newton, 2013)
A woman of these periods had no right to own or sell land. Raped women did not have the right to wear jewelry, and their husbands were forced to either divorce or lose their citizenship (Griffin, 2012)
Women of this era endured sexual abuse, husband control, verbal abuse, cruelty from their husbands. Women were supposed to have sexual relations with only one man, during the Victorian era, while men would have multiple partners (Palmer, 2011)
However, during the wedding ceremony the clergy conducting it declares that Rochester could not marry again. Nevertheless, the man explains that his first marriage was due to his father trick of making him marry the woman for her money (Davidoff, 2013)
Most of his female characters appear in their Victorian ideals, which are angelic feminist, womanhood while male characters take female roles in the story. As one can see Pip gets confused of his gender identity; he gets between the vulnerability of feminism and the strength of masculinity (Marcus, 2009)
The story begins by representing the life of a Victorian woman from their childhood. It uses the character of Jane to show the life experiences of a typical Victorian woman (Bloom, 2009)
John, try to prevent Jane from expressing her sincere thoughts and feelings. It is expressed the women need to be calm, but one need to recognize that just like men women have feelings, women need to exercise their potential in fields of their interest such as their brothers (Spivak, 1985)
One needs to see the significance and importance of Miss Havisham. Like other famous and powerful women Havisham equals characters like Hamlet who have a thing or two influencing today's culture (Gates, 2009)
Jekyll believed he had two split personalities. Through his medical experimentation, he is an upright citizen, loved by friends and family members (Stevenson, 2004)
The film's locations do justice to the novel's often gloomy, atmospheric tone. Haddon Hall in Bakewell, Derbyshire, built atop a limestone outcropping and one of the oldest houses in England, stands in for Thornfield Hall (Ann, 2011)
Although the movie was ahead of its time and included some aspects of sexuality, religion, and proto-feminism, these aspects were dramatized and many gothic elements. Some have referred to it as a "Reader's Digest" version of the novel (Federicis, 2011) Movie Overview The movie tells the story of Jane Eyre who is played by Mia Wasikowska flees an estate to work as a servant of a child