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This 3 page paper describes the types of roles available to women in the 19th century, as illustrated by Charlotte Bronte in her classic novel "Jane Eyre." Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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young, independent heroine; and a dark hidden secret that threatens to ruin all their lives. It has been filmed numerous times and never seems to lose its appeal. This paper
briefly discusses what the novel tells us about womens lives in the 19th century. Discussion We learn that Jane is an orphan, and that her uncle, John Reed, took her
to his own home when her parents died. But then he died as well, leaving her to the care of his wife after extracting a promise from her that "she
would rear and maintain me as one of her own children" (Bronte). Jane says that Mrs. Reed probably thinks that shes done her duty, and in truth Jane agrees that
she has, "but how could she really like an interloper not of her race, and unconnected with her, after her husbands death, by any tie?" (Bronte). In other words, Jane
is entirely dependent on people who dont care for her. In the household at Gateshead we clearly see the types of roles allotted to women by 19th century society: they
were either servants or the mistress of the house. Little girls like Georgiana were raised to marry well; "ugly" girls like Jane were expected to earn their own living, though
the means of doing so were very circumscribed; it usually meant they had to go into service. Women rarely worked at any sort of occupation that took them away from
the house-they either ran it or worked in it; they did not go to the office, or have other positions available to them, with one exception: they could teach. When
Jane is sent to Lowood, we meet the teachers: Miss Smith, Miss Temple, Miss Scatcherd and Madame Pierrot (Bronte). Its apparent that all these women are single; they have become
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