Question

*What roles do social status and gender play in the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte? How do they affect Jane’s character as well as her decisions in the story?

Answer 1

Answer:

Jane Eyre’ is an authentic captivation of the Victorian era and the social standings of its time. The novel has an undeniable appreciation for the role of women and recognises the importance of a woman’s quest to find her true identity. The plot of the novel is based upon the form of a Bildungsroman, in which the story reveals the narrative path of the protagonist’s life from child maturation to their development in adulthood. This chronological structure focuses on the emotions and experiences of the character which helps create and sculpt their personality in the novel. In the novel, there are five vital stages in the development of Jane’s maturity into a woman. It is from these experiences, that Jane is able to find her true identity and therefore retrospectively narrate the novel.