Jane Eyre vs Pride and Prejudice
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The Sacrament of Marriage
Throughout history women have contributed crucial roles to society. Women have gone through much adversity to gain the respect given to them today. Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte are just a few of the many pioneers in women's literature. Each shows their different aspects of a women's role in society in their books Pride and Prejudice by Austen and Jane Eyre by Bronte. In both of these novels, both authors show how the heroine deals with societies' norms, values, and cast themselves away from typical roles of women, leading them to marry a prospective suitor.
We clearly see that both of the heroines in each book come from different backgrounds and social class. Jane Eyre, the heroine in Bronte's Jane Eyre, is an orphaned daughter of a poor family. She is brought up by her aunt Sarah Reed, never by means of choice. The members of the household clearly dislike Jane for her class and her presence. John Reed, the young master of the house, says, "You are a dependentyou ought to beg and not live here with gentlemen's children like us...