Jane Eyre
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The place of women in society was long subordinate to the male and remains so today to a great degree even in the supposedly enlightened Western democracies. In the nineteenth century, it was especially difficult for a woman to find any means of becoming independent, and women generally remained dependent on their fathers, their husbands, or some other male relative. Few women worked, and those who did generally worked in menial capacities and also had to face the scorn of society. A woman such as the title character in Emily Bronte's novel Jane Eyre is at the mercy of fortune in a number of ways. Jane Eyre can serve as an example of the difficulties which a woman had to overcome to achieve any sense of independence as a woman in her time. She is also an example of the shifting role of women in victorian literature, a woman with a traditional role but with a somewhat more empowered orientation. The story of Jane Eyre takes place at the beginning of a shift from a largely agricultural society to an industrialized society, and this also meant a shift in the labor participation of women in society. Early labor participation was just as likely for women as for men, but in the nineteenth century, the labor force became more male as part of the process of industrialization: In the eighteenth century, as cottage industries gave way to small textile factories, many employers continued to hire women and children. Not only were women and children more likely to be availabl
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part, but also with a spark of warmth that Jane perceives and for which she is grateful. There is a locked room within him as there is a locked room in the house, and as long as there is such a locked room in his soul, there can never be a true meeting between himself and Jane, as she will come to see. Her first meeting with Rochester is fortuitous and abrupt--his horse throws him at dusk, and Jane finds him to be stern, dark, and foreboding, though she is not intimidated by him but is rather taken with his erudition and even his imperious manner. the mystery that surrounds him and the house are one, and for him the house is a curse rather than a boon. He becomes dependent on Jane as time passes, giving more and more of his will to her. At the same time, he always maintains the mystery by refusing to reveal all about himself. He keeps that one door closed and locked, just as the attic is kept closed and lock, and for the same reason.
Many of the difficulties faced by Jane cannot be considered common for women of her time, of course, such as the secret of the Rochester house and the romance that develops between herself and Rochester, a romance that creates numerous problems for both. The novel is seen entirely through Ja
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Approximate Word count = 2864
Approximate Pages = 11 (250 words per page)
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