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Throughout the 26th chapter of Jane Eyre, Rochester requests the floor to plead his case to Jane and attempt to explain his reasoning for attempting to take her hand in marriage while already being married. In this explanation he confides in her that he has sought the love of multiple other women, opting to travel the world explicitly in the hopes of finding someone he deems worthy of his love.

Literature of Temptation Over Time

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Temptation takes us to texts across centuries and continents.  In this course we will move among literary periods and across oceans as we examine this theme that dates to Genesis in the Bible. We will build a timeline as we go and add maps and images and related historical context to tease out the richness of this theme in literary studies. 

 

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