Essays Tagged: "Gateshead"

Short review of Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre"

mily. Her development of determination and self-reliance become more superior each day she spent at Gateshead. Jane states: '...I hate to live here.' This quote proves that Jane hated Gateshead and sh ... han just like her. Adèle's presence reminded Jane of her old self and her awful childhood at Gateshead. Jane taught Adèle good virtues and the vicissitude of life. She wanted Adèl ...

(2 pages) 49 0 4.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Settings of "Jane Eyre" Emily Dickens

efined by the walls, real and figurative, around her.As a young girl, she is essentially trapped in Gateshead. This sprawling house isalmost her whole world. Jane has been here for most of her ten yea ... he house. She is not made to feel wanted within themand continues throughout the novel to associate Gateshead with the emotional trauma ofgrowing up under its 'hostile roof with a desperate and embitt ...

(3 pages) 61 0 3.0 Sep/1995

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Religion in "Jane Eyre ", Charlotte Bronte

e conventional personalities of Mrs. Reed, Mr.Brocklehurst, and St. John Rivers.The novel begins in Gateshead Hall when Jane must stay away from her aunt andcousins because she does not know how to sp ...

(5 pages) 78 0 4.8 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Imagery In "Jane Eyre" by Bronte

ss many obstacles. Male dominance proves to be the biggest obstacle at each stop of Jane's journey: Gateshead Hall, Lowood Institution, Thornfield Manor, Moor House, and Ferndean Manor. Through the pr ...

(6 pages) 121 2 3.8 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"Jane Eyre".

left to be raised by her mother's brother. Mr. Reed brought this parentless child into his home at Gateshead. He was raising Jane as she was his own. Mr. Reed tragically passed away. On his death bed ... ed and mistreated her. Jane never really felt like she was loved.The day has come for Jane to leave Gateshead. Mrs. Reed is sending her away to a school they call Lowood. We all have fears of leaving ...

(4 pages) 78 1 2.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte essay: themes, plot, symbolism

d how Jane overcomes her obstacles.In the beginning of Jane Eyre, Jane is at her Aunt Reed's House, Gateshead. Jane is struggling with her behavior and whether what she does justifies what is done unt ...

(2 pages) 51 0 4.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

Lessons Jane Eyre learns Charlotte Bronte- Jane Eyre

ings. She starts learning when she was a child. As we know that Jane was having lots of problems at Gateshead and Lowood.When Jane was at Gateshead she was treated as a servant. Mrs Reed was very crue ... dered as a routine. She was very tough. She ignores the reed's children. She learns many lessons at Gateshead but the most important was that she got used to people like the Reed's family. She could c ...

(1 pages) 35 1 3.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

Roles that Religion plays during Jane Eyre Charllote Bronte- Jane Eyre

e people take advantage of it and Jane Eyre gives us a perfect example of it.Mr Brocklehurst visits Gateshead and has a talk with her on Mrs Reed saying. Mr Brocklehurst takes advantage of Jane becaus ...

(1 pages) 20 0 5.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

"Jane Eyre" and A Picture of Dorian Gray's emphasis on individual morality.

how religion preached but not followed is useless. The first example of this comes while Jane is at Gateshead. "God will punish her: he might strike her dead in the midst of her tantrums" Bessie tells ... the midst of her tantrums" Bessie tells Mrs. Abbot, of Jane. The servants, and all the residents of Gateshead make empty judgments of Jane. Next, Mr. Brocklehearst provides a powerful example of preac ...

(2 pages) 27 0 0.0 Sep/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"Jane Eyre": Loves vs. Autonomy.

onment in the home of Mrs. Reed and her three children, John, Eliza, and Georgiana that is known as Gateshead. The Reed family showed no love or any sort of affection towards Jane in any way, shape, o ...

(6 pages) 28 0 0.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"Jane Eyre" by Charlote Bronte: Essay on how Jane has grown from a passionate Child to a reasonable Adult.

as she grows up into an adult who uses reason to make her important decisions. Jane first lives at Gateshead with her rich, snobbish aunt Mrs. Reed and her violent, mistrusting cousins John, Georgian ... y matures from a passionate child to a reasonable adult through her experiences in her childhood at Gateshead and Lowood, in her adolescence at Lowood and Thornfield, and in her adulthood at Moorhouse ...

(7 pages) 18 0 3.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

The Ideal Victorian Woman: "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte

s, Mrs. Temple, Bertha Rochester, Grace Poole, Blanche Ingram, and Celine Varens.The novel opens at Gateshead mansion where Jane is a young ward. She is commonly mistreated by the widow owner, Mrs. Re ... m being an independent person by Mrs. Reed because it was "unacceptable" behavior.After Jane leaves Gateshead she attends a strict boarding school, Lowood (34). Lowood is a school for orphan girls and ...

(4 pages) 41 0 4.0 May/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

How does Bronte present "Jane Eyre" in chapter 1 and 2 of the novel?

ne now lives with her Aunt, and her three cousins, Eliza, John and Georgiana Reed, they all live at Gateshead Hall, in the Victorian Era, orphans like Jane were ill-treated.At the beginning of the nov ...

(9 pages) 13 0 5.0 Feb/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Feminism & Jane Eyre

the need for sexual equality.In the beginning of Jane Eyre, Jane struggles with Bessie the nurse at Gateshead Hall. Jane says, "I resisted all the way: a new thing for me"¦"� (Jane Eyre: ... nishment, but throughout the novel she expresses her opinions on the state of women. Before leaving Gateshead, Jane finally stands up for herself against Mrs. Reed by saying, "I gathered my energies a ...

(6 pages) 21 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Jane Eyre: Challenging Traditions

feels it is something the weak turn to in times of desperation.Jane's experience in the red room at Gateshead shows Brontë's fear of the masculine power of the Church. Red is universally ... t encounter. Eliza, now without any family money, is in the same position Jane was in when she left Gateshead. Eliza has nowhere to go now that her mother is dead, and John has squandered the family f ...

(4 pages) 5 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Jane Eyre

mendously. First, the most horrendous setting for Jane is her only home at ten years of age, Gateshead Hall. Because Jane is a poor, orphaned child, her Aunt Reed along with the entire househol ... t also displays the inhumanity and the lack of compassion in the Reed family and the environment at Gateshead Hall. Because Mrs. Reed strives to make Jane's life miserable she succeeds in telling Jane ...

(4 pages) 1073 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Fire and Ice in "Jane Eyre"

th Jane seeking comfort from the fire that was burning in thenursery right before she departed from Gateshead. Jane recalls that she "then sat with my doll on my knee till the fire got low." (23) Upon ... s, shining mahogany furniture: it was a parlour, not so spacious or splendid as the drawing-room at Gateshead, but comfortable enough. (35)Jane calms herself with the warmth of the fire from time to t ...

(3 pages) 22 0 4.0 Sep/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Jane Eyre and Feminism

the need for sexual equality.In the beginning of Jane Eyre, Jane struggles with Bessie the nurse at Gateshead Hall. Jane says, ?I resisted all the way? a new thing for me?? (Bronte, 24) This sentence ... ent, but throughout the story she expresses her opinions on the status of women. Before Jane leaves Gateshead, she finally stands up for herself against Mrs. Reed by saying, ?I gathered my energies an ...

(6 pages) 29 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

F-Eyre-y Tale

f-defense and is immediately punished for "flying" at Master John (Ch 1, pg 5). Jane's existence at Gateshead is merely to serve as the "scapegoat of the nursery" until the day her luck changes (Ch 2, ...

(4 pages) 6 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

AP English/Lit September 28, 2001 The Feminist Side of Charlotte

by a Rembrandt (Smith 55). Charlotte has chosen to adhere stern reality (Smith 54).Starting out at Gateshead, Jane shouts at Mrs. Reed because she has accused Jane of lying. Jane says, "I am not dece ... true love.Jane is a creation of Charlotte Bronte. Through all the events occurring everywhere from Gateshead to Ferndean, Jane has developed into a feminist lady, therefore portraying Bronte as a fem ...

(6 pages) 1286 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare