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What makes a lady?

Joel Koshy Jeff Guidry Josh Wilson John Nazareno. What makes a lady?. The Victorian Era’s view on what makes a lady. Submissive Quiet Must make themselves attractive Bear children to provide heirs Marry wealthy men Stay at home wives. Women during the Victorian Era.

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What makes a lady?

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  1. Joel Koshy Jeff Guidry Josh Wilson John Nazareno What makes a lady?

  2. The Victorian Era’s view on what makes a lady • Submissive • Quiet • Must make themselves attractive • Bear children to provide heirs • Marry wealthy men • Stay at home wives

  3. Women during the Victorian Era • During the Victorian Era women were looked as inferior beings when compared to men • “’What do you want?’ I asked with awkward diffidence . ‘Say, ‘what do you want, Master Reed,’” was the answer.” ( Bronte 4). • Women were expected to be submissive to husbands and expected to bear and raise children

  4. Women during the Victorian Era (Cont.) • Women were expected to be attractive, they would use this attractiveness to marry into a wealthy family. • This determined a women’s status in society • “Appearances would warrant that conclusion; and no doubt…they will be a superlatively happy pair. He must love such a handsome, noble, witty, accomplished lady; and probably she loves him, or, if not his person, at least his purse” (Bronte 213).

  5. What makes a lady?In today’s society • Elegant • Thoughtful • Caring • Intelligent • Comforting • Child- bearing • Supporting

  6. Modern society’s view on what makes a lady • Today’s women have equal rights to that of men in western society • In a family, men and women support the family and are both in the workforce • Women have freedom of expression in what they say and do

  7. Jane Eyre’s representation as a woman in the novel • Jane stands out in the novel because she contrasts the typical Victorian lady • She is independent and stands up to the injustices done to her. • “I am not deceitful: if I were, I should say I loved you; but I declare I do not love you: I dislike you the worst of anybody in the world except John Reed…” (p.33).

  8. Jane Eyre’s representation as a woman in the novel • Jane longs to express feelings throughout the novel and to achieve freedom from society’s hold. • “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will, which I now exert to leave you” (p.272).

  9. Other women in the novel • Helen Burns and Miss Temple are examples of women in modern society because they are independent. • Blanche Ingram and Georgiana Reed are examples of Victorian age women, who were physically attractive planned to marry wealthy men.

  10. Citation • "Women in the Victorian Era." Women in the Victorian Era. Blogger.com, 03 2009. Web. Web. 24 Oct. 2012. <http://victorianerawomen.blogspot.com/>. • Adamson, Anne. "Gender and the role of women in Jane Eyre." Crossref-it.info. Bible Society, n.d. Web. 24 Oct 2012. <http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Jane-Eyre/9/1082>. • Brock, C.E.. "Lady asking her fiance's son if she can be his new mother.." CSL Vintage Cartoons. CSL, n.d. Web. 24 Oct 2012. <http://www.cartoonstock.com/vintage/cartoonview.asp?start=3&search=vintage&catref=csl6139&VC_Category=&ANDkeyword=women&ORkeyword=&TITLEkeyword=&NEGATIVEkeyword=>.

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