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Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre . The theme of marriage. Bildungsroman. A novel which charts the progress and journey from childhood into maturity of the protagonist. Focusing on experience, education and identity.

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Jane Eyre

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  1. Jane Eyre The theme of marriage

  2. Bildungsroman • A novel which charts the progress and journey from childhood into maturity of the protagonist. Focusing on experience, education and identity. • Jane Eyre fulfills this literary definition as we follow her journey from rejected orphan to mature, liberated woman who ultimately makes her own choices.

  3. Marriage • Rochester quite prepared to marry a foreigner whom he barely knew for a large dowry. Arranged by his father. This was common amongst the wealthy/aristocratic families in the 19th C. Some were powerful, even land rich but cash poor, making these arrangements more attractive. Upper classes married within their own class. • Jane would have been considered unsuitable. That is, until she inherits a large fortune.

  4. Married Woman’s Property Act - 1883 • Women now how had full legal control of all property which they owned at marriage. • Before mid C19th only way of obtaining a full divorce which allowed re-marriage was by a private Act of Parliament. Divorce only granted for adultery, this was often compounded by life-threatening cruelty. Only wealthy could afford this method. Why doesn’t R divorce?

  5. Rochester’s Proposal • Volume 2 Chapter 23 p.286 • Sunset, Midsummer’s Eve. Edenic, sensual imagery. Sweet scents, heady atmosphere is intoxicating. ‘Sweetbriar, jasmine but overwhelming scent is R’s cigar, suggests he is overpowering nature. Warning for Jane? As Jane moves Eve-like from innocence to experience. Dialogue shocked readers, but it is energetic, naturalistic.

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