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Jane Eyre
By: Charlotte Bronte
The Novel
• Published in 1847.• Charlotte Bronte
published her novel under the name “Currer Bell” because women’s writing was not always accepted.
The Bronte Sisters•Charlotte had 4 sisters and 1 brother.
•While at the Clergy Daughter’s School, her 2 older sisters (Maria & Elizabeth) died of tuberculosis
•Anne and Emily Bronte were also successful writers.
Charlotte Bronte
• Born of Irish ancestry in 1816
• Lived at Haworth, a parsonage
• Mother died of cancer when Charlotte was 5 years old.
• In 1854 She marries her father's curate, Arthur Bell Nichols.
• The next year, she became pregnant, then ill. • She died a month before her 39th birthday
The Gothic in “Jane Eyre”
– Imprisoned women– A heroine who faces danger– Supernatural interventions at crucial moments in
the plot– A romantic reconciliation
The Romantic
–Championed for the rights of the individual over the demands of society.–Believed that humans
were inherently good–Valued imagination over
reason– Inspired by nature
• It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
• Charlotte Bronte