In her novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë explores the possibility that class relationships have no absolute boundaries that cannot be crossed. Her protagonist Jane is placed in between economic classes and drifts among the lower, middle, and upper classes of Victorian England. Jane's flexible class status allows her to evaluate other characters on their actions and personalities rather than on their economic status and physical appearance
"After many years of inner turmoil, the nation of China was united once again under the Ming Dynasty. European ships also had arrived, exposing China to another culture's influence"
