Charlotte Bronte's Life and Her Experiences Mirrored in Jane Eyre

Submitted by Annie Perrott on

How do the events of Charolette Bronte's early life influence the content within her novel, Jane Eyre? Are there similarities between Charlotte Bronte's life and the events in Jane Eyre?

Hoeveler, Diane Long, and Lisa Jadwin. "Chronology." Charlotte Brontë, Twayne Publishers, 1988, pp. xi-xii. Twayne's English Authors Series 541. Gale eBooks, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX2328600010/GVRL?u=viva_vcu&sid=bookmark-GVRL&xid=4e9a2a09. Accessed 21 Oct. 2021.

The Ideal Woman in the Victorian Era

Submitted by Olivia Tower on

During the Victorian era, women were expected to embrace their role as wives and mothers and exist quietly and neatly within their domicile, with few hobbies or interests outside of their domestic duties. Modesty, purity, passivity, and patience were just a few of the traits that characterized an ideal woman in the Victorian era. It is posited that the image of the ideal woman was modeled after Queen Victoria, the most powerful figure in England, who reinforced the importance of marriage, motherhood, and domesticity (Murray).

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