|
|
This is only a preview of the paper
Click here to register and get the full text.
Existing members click here to login
|
|
|
In Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontė clearly demonstrates the relationship between
sexuality and morality in Victorian society through the character of Bertha Mason,
the daughter of a West Indian planter and Rochesters first wife. ... Confining Bertha for her
display of excess passion reinforces a prevalent theme in Jane Eyre, that of
oppressive sexual Victorian values. ...
For the first half of Jane Eyre, Bertha is only known to the reader through her nearly
phantasmal presence&emdash;the peculiar laugh, and the mysterious incident in
which Rochesters bed was lit on fire. Only after the foiled wedding of Rochester
and Jane, in which Mr. ... Mason appear unexpectedly declaring that
the wedding should not proceed, does Rochester explain to Jane that he has a
living wife detained on the third floor of Thornfield Hall. ... Both Jane and Bertha
were held captive for refusing to comply with societys conventions: Jane, for not
allowing her cousin John Reed to dominate her, and Bertha, for not abiding by the
restrictive sexual values of nineteenth century Victorian England.
Approximate Word count = 849
Approximate Pages = 3.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
|
|
|
|
|
|