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The Novel in English: Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre

The Novel in English: Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre . Yasmina Mortés Alba. Academic English. Mid-term assessment. Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855). Charlotte’s siblings: Branwell , Emily & Anne. Film adaptations. Currer Bell vs. Charlotte Brontë . Arthur Bell Nicholls. The Professor .

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The Novel in English: Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre

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  1. The Novel in English:Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre Yasmina Mortés Alba. Academic English. Mid-term assessment.

  2. Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855) • Charlotte’s siblings: Branwell, Emily & Anne. • Film adaptations. • Currer Bell vs. Charlotte Brontë. • Arthur Bell Nicholls. • The Professor.

  3. Jane Eyre: Plot • Childhood: Orphanage & survival. • Adulthood: Governess role. • Love, loss & desperation. • Self-searching period. • Happy ending.

  4. Female roles in Jane Eyre: Jane Eyre • Independent woman. • Accomplished, not intelligent. • The Angel in the House. • Silent strength. • Belief in women’s cleverness. • Commited but unsubmissive.

  5. Female roles in Jane Eyre: Bertha Mason • Daughter of a planter in Jamaica. • Hidden in the atic. • Edward Rochester’s first wife. • “Ripened and developed” (333-334). • Restleness and “cunning” character (336-337).

  6. Young female roles in Jane Eyre: Helen Burns & Adèle Varens • Helen Burns: • Influence on Jane in the orphanage. • Courage & loyalty vs. Prejudices. • Adèle Varens: • Accomplished woman-to-be. • Encouraged to think by herself.

  7. Love and passion in Jane Eyre: Jane and Edward • Chastity and innocence. • Jane’s refusal to passionless love. • Ideal of love and marriage. • Equality and equilibrium. • Witty word choice by Charlotte Brontë. • Non-scandalous feeling reflection.

  8. Jane Eyre Vs.

  9. ~ Thanks for your attention ~

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