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The Bildungsroman representation in Jane Eyre uses romantic elements that emphasise the journey of one pursuing the discovery of one's identity and knowledge. [49] Jane Eyre desires the thrill and action that comes from being an active individual in society, and she refuses to allow the concept of gender and class to hinder her.
Jane Eyre is the fictional heroine and the titular protagonist in Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name.The story follows Jane's infancy and childhood as an orphan, her employment first as a teacher and then as a governess, and her romantic involvement with her employer, the mysterious and moody Edward Rochester.
Illustration by F. H. Townsend in the second edition of Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel Jane Eyre. Cross-dressing as a literary motif is well attested in older literature but is becoming increasingly popular in modern literature as well. [1] It is often associated with character nonconformity and sexuality rather than gender identity. [2]
Edward Rochester is the oft-absent master of Thornfield Hall, where Jane Eyre is employed as a governess to his young ward, Adèle Varens.Jane first meets Rochester while on a walk, when his horse slips and he injures his foot.
The gender/queer lens, while influenced by the feminist lens, treats gender as more of a spectrum, and also considers human sexuality. [5] David Richter notes in The Critical Tradition: Classic Texts and Contemporary Trends that "XXY syndromes, natural sexual bimorphisms, as well as surgical transsexuals [...] defy attempts at binary classification".
The Gothic double is a literary motif which refers to the divided personality of a character. Closely linked to the Doppelgänger, which first appeared in the 1796 novel Siebenkäs by Johann Paul Richter, the double figure emerged in Gothic literature in the late 18th century due to a resurgence of interest in mythology and folklore which explored notions of duality, such as the fetch in Irish ...
Reader, I Married Him: Stories Inspired by Jane Eyre is a 2016 anthology of short stories, edited by Tracy Chevalier, inspired by the line "Reader, I married him" from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, at the beginning of Chapter 38. [1]
Thornfield Hall is a location in the 1847 novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. It is the home of the male romantic lead, Edward Fairfax Rochester, where much of the action takes place. Brontë uses the depiction of Thornfield in a manner consistent with the gothic tone of the novel as a whole.