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Look, we dont like to make judgement values here, but jane eyre is awesome. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Jane eyre is a typical comingofage novel in that its main character, jane, is young, brave, and resourceful in the face of difficulty and even danger. From the novels opening chapters to its close, jane reads a variety of texts. At its most basic level, setting in literature refers to the location and the time in which the events of a fictional text take place. Reading, education, and creativity are all essential components of janes growth, factors that help her achieve her final success. The contrast between janes first namewith its traditional association with plainnessand the names of the novels wellborn women blanche, eliza, georgiana, diana, rosamond highlights janes lack of status, but it also emphasizes her lack of pretense.
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Jane eyre plot summary charlotte brontes jane eyre tells the story of the eponymous heroine an eponymous hero or heroine is the character in a play or book whose name is the title, in first person narration. By which we mean the book is great, and the character is amazing. Feb 3, 2019 this was made with the new aqa gcse lit spec 2015 onwards in mind. The book, a critique of victorian assumptions about gender and social class, became one of the most successful novels of its era, both critically and commercially. See a complete list of the characters in jane eyre and indepth analyses of jane eyre, edward rochester, st. Collins classroom classics jane eyre collins classroom classics. Jane eyre gcse revision and study guide for english literature 91 esse publishing. A streetcar named desire by nicola onyett 25feb2011 paperback 4. Grade 91 gcse english text guide jane eyre cgp books. Apr 26, 2019 essential advice for mastering your jane eyre revision for gcse english literature. Jane eyre is a novel, a form that was common in the victorian period. I ask you to pass through life at my sideto be my second self, and best earthly companion. Jane eyre is a novel by charlotte bronte that was first published in 1847. Study and revise for gcse jane eyre download book pdf full.
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