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Jane eyre

Jane eyre. Suggestions for research. The Supernatural. The Red Room Jane - a witch, a faerie? Has visions/dreams The fortune teller Can hear each others thoughts Tree splits in half Bertha is a vampire Helen Burns is an angel. Wards in victorian England.

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Jane eyre

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  1. Jane eyre Suggestions for research

  2. The Supernatural • The Red Room • Jane - a witch, a faerie? Has visions/dreams • The fortune teller • Can hear each others thoughts • Tree splits in half • Bertha is a vampire • Helen Burns is an angel

  3. Wards in victorian England • A common practice, but how did the whole ward thing work? • Jane was Mrs. Reed’s ward • Adele was Rochester’s ward (or daughter – whatever)

  4. Orphanages • Lowood School • Children’s rights • Compare Dickens w/Bronte re: treatment of children in their novels

  5. Treatment of the mentally ill • Bertha • Grace Poole (caretakers) • Why didn’t Rochester put Bertha in an asylum? • Were Jane & Rochester a little nuts?

  6. Teachers/governesses • Differences between teachers & governesses • Who became teachers/governesses and why? • Reputation? (Blanche’s mom) • Rights / Working conditions • Compare/contrast a governess in Victorian England and a nanny today

  7. Physical abuse • Mrs. Reed & her rotten son • Lowood school • Even Rochester! • Predominantly children & women victims

  8. Marriage/social/class conventions • Blanche rich/high class and MUCH younger • Jane poor/low class and MUCH younger • Divorce • Jane won’t run away w/Rochester • Jane’s beautiful speech about being small and insignificant

  9. Marriage/social/class conventions (cont’d) • St. John’s sisters (cousin goes into a convent?) • Jane won’t marry St. John • St. John won’t marry Rosamond • Women’s rights (or lack thereof) • Women’s ability to inherit (becomes Jane Heir!)

  10. Christianity & colonization • Sun never sets on the British Empire • St. John going on a mission to India • Helen Burns – tries to teach Jane about Christ & humility • Jane’s refusal to be Rochester’s mistress (denounces moral relativism)

  11. Charlotte Bronte • Compare her life with Jane Eyre

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