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This is an 8 page paper that provides an overview of "Jane Eyre". The argument is made that the text condemns societal roles for women as repressive. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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of this Victorian age is that while higher standards of education and the availability of the printed word had enabled women to become more educated, it also provided the social
mechanisms which constrained them to roles in which this education could never truly flourish. In general, women were expected to either remain in the home and engage in idle pursuits,
or, if they did take a job, it was to be one of just a few socially accepted positions, such as a teacher or governess. Naturally, this disparity between the
fundamental equality of the male and female intellect and the gender inequalities inculcated by society led to a great deal of frustration and misery for women. This frustration is admirably
expressed in a number of novels written by Victorian women which, when taken together, form a body of work that might well be considered the first stirrings of popular Feminist
ideology. A classic example of such a text is Charlotte Brontes "Jane Eyre". Over the course of this novel, Bronte depicts a highly intelligent and fiercely moral young woman, the
titular Jane Eyre, and her struggle against the repressive roles into which she is forced by society. Through Janes narrative, Bronte condemns the repressive nature of gender-based societal roles by
showing how it is Janes constant rebuking of the roles into which she is forced (by turns a ward, teacher, governess, and wife) that ultimately brings her to a place
of self-acceptance, true happiness, and equality with those around her. This paragraph helps the student begin to explore the depiction of social roles in the novel. The novel opens with
an attack on societal roles by showing Jane thrust into a position of great injustice that is nevertheless treated as the societal norm by those around her. As the story
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