#janeeyre

[readwitharman]

𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐄𝐲𝐫𝐞: 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞

It is indeed true that being able to stand up for yourself will help you survive the oppression of life. This is what the novel taught me. Honestly speaking, Jane Eyre is one of my most favorite novels, alongside Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, Charles Dickens', and Mark Twain's. Jane Eyre is a revolutionary novel written by Charlotte Bronte during the Victorian period under the gender-neutral pen name ‘Currer Bell’.

This novel exposes the sufferings of women during the patriarchal Victorian period in England. This novel shows a girl who lived in a discriminating society and was maltreated, suppressed, and shamed by the people around her, but overcame her trials with her courage. Upon analyzing the novel, I was thinking that the novel was written to awaken the spirit of the people to end gender inequity and discrimination. As a novel with strong social themes, Jane Eyre is a feminist novel, as it puts women in the spotlight by characterizing the protagonist as a brave, independent, and dignified woman. Characterized by tackling issues that were rampant in society during the Victorian period, such as marriage, discrimination, and gender violence, Charlotte Bronte’s approach to the novel aligned with feminist ideology and principles.

In Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre’ oppression was one of the central conflicts of the novel. Throughout the story, I can see how Jane is oppressed by those around her, including her cruel aunt, Mrs. Reed, and her cruel son, John Reed, and the strict headmaster of the Lowood Institution, Mr. Brocklehurst. As a female author, I think that she intentionally wrote the novel to attack society at the time, to open the eyes of the people, and to lead them towards new thinking about women. This is why Charlotte Bronte empowered the protagonist with the characters that people during those times were not able to see in women. One of the key characteristics of Jane is her resiliency in the face of adversity.

Overall, "Jane Eyre" is a powerful novel that explores the motifs of oppression and the characteristics of individuals who are able to rise above it. Moreover, it challenges traditional gender roles and expectations and explores the complexities of love and human connection.

As someone who is interested in bildungsroman novels, I really love this novel because it interestingly shows the development of the character from orphan to governess.

For me, this novel shows us readers the importance of being true to ourselves and sticking to our core principles. Love is indeed a universal language of kindness. Thus, we must love one another regardless of our differences. God loves us equally, so we must do the same for everyone. Revenge is the action of a fool, but love is the action of a wise man. Remember that being able to love and be kind amidst the harshness of the world is a power.

#JaneEyre #ReadWithArman #ReadForLife

[aleexbjo]

no supero estas fotos <3

#1840 #1840s #1840sfashion #victorian #victorianfashion #janeeyre #romanticism #antique #1840sdress

[ive7]

Well, he is not a ghost; yet every nerve I have is unstrung: for a moment I am beyond my own mastery. What does it mean? I did not think I should tremble in this way when I saw him, or lose my voice or the power of motion in his presence.

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte

#quote #brontë #charlotte bronte #charlottebronte #jane eyre #janeeyre

[sowingseedsandshootinghoops]

A Study: Lucy Snowe in “Villette”

A note on the text: I used Charlotte Bronte’s Villette as published in 2004 by Signet Classics

I love the book Jane Eyre and while Villette isn’t quite as good as that classic, it has a protagonist, Lucy Snowe, that has as much depth and subtlety as the one in Bronte’s magnus opus does. I love the way in which this book hints at Lucy’s subtilties in small, seemingly insignificant ways.

Lucy Snowe is very Puritanical in a lot of ways. She dislikes frivolity and really dislikes any excessive displays of emotion. She prizes herself on being in complete control of herself and her emotions. She having peace and tranquility in her life and tends to shy away from anything that would disturb that peace. When she reflects on her time spent in her childhood home she says that her time there went “not with tumultuous swiftness, but blandly like the gliding of a full river through the plane. . . . The charm of variety was not there, nor the excitement of incident; but I liked peace so well, and sought stimulus so little, that when the latter came, I almost felt it a disturbance, and wished it had still held aloof”, and later admits that she only changes once she has been “stimulated into action” and that she has to be “goaded, driven, [and] forced” to do anything (4, 40). It makes sense therefore why she struggles to relate to people like the flirtatious and ditzy Ginevra Fanshawe. While Lucy is emotionally restrained and generally avoids doing anything to “disturb the peace”, Ginevra is an emotional firecracker who enjoys stirring up stuff wherever she goes. Yet Bronte skillfully shows at various points in the story that underneath Lucy’s stoic exterior beats a very human, emotional heart. 

For the bulk of the story Lucy is an English teacher working at an all girls boarding school, run by the equally stoic Mrs. Beck, in Villette, a fictional French town, and for a while it seems like the two are a match made in Heaven. Yet, it eventually becomes evident that Lucy isn’t as happy there as she initially thought she would be. It’s not really until she meets little Georgette that she begins to realize just how lonely she is: “Her clasp and the nestling action with which she pressed her cheeks to mine, made me almost cry with a tender pain. Feeling of no kind abounded in that house; this pure little drop from a pure source was too sweet: it penetrated deep, [subdued] the heart, and sent a gush to the eyes” (134). However this proves to be only a “temporary lapse in judgment” at least until Dr John Graham Bretton shows up.

It’s not until Dr. John comes onto the scene where we really see Lucy wrestle with her emotions. She loves John, but something deep inside of her keeps her from fully expressing herself to him. Feelings, in her mind, lead only to disappointment and pain. She can’t get disappointed, heart broken and hurt if she doesn’t allow herself to get attached to anyone. No good can come from her telling John how much she loves him. Or at least that’s what she thinks. But there is something else, something deep inside of her, something outside of the realm of reason that dares to hope that things might be different. Reason tells her that she should keep her mouth shut and yet, for the first time, Lucy admits that she hates how 

this hag, this Reason, would not let me look up, or smile, or hope; she could not rest [until I was] altogether crushed, cowed, broken in and broken down. According to her, I was born only to work for a piece of bread, to await the pains of death, and steadily through all life to despond. Reason might be right; yet no wonder we are all glad at times to defy her; to rush from under her rod and give a truant hour to  Imagination- her soft, bright foe, our sweet Help, our divine Hope. We shall and must break bounds at intervals, despite the terrible revenge that awaits our return. . . . Long I should have died of [Reason’s] ill usage. . . but for that kinder Power (257). 

That’s why she has to be pushed as hard as she does to do anything: her overly critical mind has the tendency to stamp out her ability and desire to do anything with her life. I bet there are a lot of people who know what that feels like. 

Happiness is something that lives somewhat outside the realm of reason. It is something that has be to experienced out there in the real world. It cannot be cultivated, worked on, or reasoned with. Happiness, as Lucy later says, “is not a potato to be planted in mold and tilled in manure” (282). You have to risk getting your heart broken in order to experience true happiness.

However the true power of Bronte’s skill as a writer comes in the way that Lucy changes throughout the course of the novel while maintaining the qualities that make her so unique. She learns how to feel, how to let love into her life, but never quite shakes the old Puritanical quality of self control. It eventually becomes evident that Dr John loves Paulina and while Lucy is happy for them, she still struggles with feelings of jealousy. So while on the surface she seems stoic and unattached, underneath there is a brewing cauldron of emotion. Look at how she describes the way that John watches Paulina with only the slightest sense of jealousy seeping through: “[John] followed with his eye the gilded glance of Paulina’s thimble as if it had been some bright moth on the wing, or the golden head of some darting yellow serpent” (329). I love how all throughout the book, Bronte shows us again and again, and in very subtle ways, that there are ore things going on inside this character than there seems to be. 

Charlotte Bronte is an incredible writer who allows her characters to have incredible depth. Lucy is an incredible rich character full of depth and complexity. She is pretty unique in the way that she hints at emotions that are bubbling right underneath the surface, the ways in which she allows her character to grow and change while retaining her essential uniqueness. It’s quite a unique and beautiful gift.

#charlottebronte #villete #janeeyre #lucysnowe #emotions #puritan

[ladylipt]

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte was published on 16 October 1847 #janeaustenfan #janeausten #janeaustenquote #janeaustenfilm #janeaustenmovies #thejaneaustenbookclub #janeaustenfamily #brideandprejudice #janeaustenaddict #janiete #janeaustenbook #janeeyre #charlottebronte https://www.instagram.com/p/CjyOO87qqdW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[1936coffee]

“Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee? But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.” Albert Camus born today in 1913 was a Nobel Prize-winning Algerian-born French philosopher, author, dramatist, and journalist . “Debería suicidarme o tomar una taza de café? Pero al final se necesita más coraje para vivir que para suicidarse”. Albert Camus born today in 1913 fue un filósofo, autor, dramaturgo y periodista francés nacido en Argelia, ganador del Premio Nobel, nacido hoy en 1913.#albertcamus #smoothcoffee#1936coffee #josesaramago #kundera #instabooks #fscottfitzgerald #classicbooks #kafkaokur #janeeyre #fahrenheit451 #booksbooksbooks #macondo #bookstoread #nobel #bukowski #antoinedesaintexupery #harukimurakami #hemingway #louisamayalcott #stendhal #charlesbaudelaire #nietzsche #oscarwilde #paulauster #gustaveflaubert #beatgeneration #tseliot #umbertoeco #henrydavidthoreau (at Paris, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkquhAkJGpY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[lesailesdespapillons]

Villette de Charlotte Brönte, ou comment se révéler à soi-même. * Lucy Snowe débarque à Villette par une sombre journée d'hiver, sans connaître un mot de français, cette jeune anglaise se fait embaucher dans un pensionnat de jeunes filles pour y enseigner l'anglais. * La vie y est rythmée mais monotone, elle alterne entre les cours qu'elle donne aux jeunes filles avec des moments d'ennui et de solitude profonde . Lucy parvient à garder un moment à elle, une sorte de méditation au clair de lune dans le jardin clos. * Au fil du temps, elle sera amenée à échanger et se lier avec les autres professeurs. M. Paul finira par avoir sa préférence, même si d'autres prétendants lui font la cours. * Ne vous fiez pas au synopsis presque simpliste, car la force de Charlotte Brönte est de raconter une histoire du point de vue de la femme, peut être enfermée dans son rôle, mais forte, orgueilleuse et décidée. Une femme qui se remet en question, doute, questionne son monde pour parvenir à se réaliser. * Après Jane Eyre, ce roman m'a à nouveau plongé dans l'univers feutré des sociétés de femmes du XVIIIeme. Roman fleuve, description poignantes, introspection, romantisme, dialogues bien sentis, amour et trahisons : tous les ingrédients d'un roman victorien. * Villette est un roman autobiographique, ou en tout cas en très grande partie, il raconte l'expérience de Charlotte Brönte lors de sa formation pour devenir professeure à Bruxelles. À la lumière de ce témoignage, le roman en devient encore plus poignant ! * #charlottebronte #villette #janeeyre #epoquevictorienne #angleterre #bruxelles #belgique #romaninitiatique #litteratureanglaise #lecture #litterature #litteratureetrangere  #book #bookstagram #instabook #livre #roman #spiritualite #amour #rencontre #souvenirsdelectures #livres #bibliotheque #bibliothequerevee #lire #jaimelire #fandelecture #bouquiniste https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp2i4yGqzPu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[madalla]

Resenha | Jane Eyre. Nota: 10 Editora: @clubedeliteraturaclassica O livro Jane Eyre é um clássico surpreendente que para mim, deixou Persuasão no "chinelo". A obra, de Charlotte Bronte, tem uma narrativa melancólica que é até estimável e arrebatadora. Os personagens são ricamente desenhados e a história é convincente. Eu recomendo! Jane tem uma história de abandono e perdas. Ela é uma órfã que é adotada por sua tia e depois expulsa para o mundo quando sua tia morre. A autora encanta com palavras o leitor que experimenta o que é ser um forasteiro em um mundo frio e solitário. O livro é cheio de surpresas, e o final é um acontecimento inesperado. Destaca-se a impecável tradução e editoração da @clubedaliteraturaclassica, mais uma vez! Senti falta de ser um livro bilíngue como é a edição de Mrs Dalloway, mas tudo bem! Enfim, é uma história comovente de romance. #literaclassica #literaturaclassica #leituraatual #janeeyre #charlottebrontë #livrosderomance #igliterario #brasilia #resenhaliteraria #madalla https://www.instagram.com/p/CnrYAhJOhLI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#literaclassica #literaturaclassica #leituraatual #janeeyre #charlottebrontë #livrosderomance #igliterario #brasilia #resenhaliteraria #madalla

[apebook]

#bestseller #CharlotteBronte #classics #english #ghost #girl #Gothic #illustrated #JaneEyre #love #Lowood #marriage #novel #romance #Victorian #woman

[calvin-evans-littul-white-shorts]

How all Loki could say was “Trust my rage” and when Jane Eyre wrote “Strange energy was in his voice, strange fire in his look” , also when Matthew Rhys screamed “ I am not angry, I am in pain and you put me here, the person who is supposed to love me more than anything”

Controlled rage and mask slipping for that minuscule moment is what I adore adore in Byronic tropes.

#moronicforthebyronic #byronicmen #byronic hero #janeeyre #rochester #loki odinson #short reads #readers of tumblr #tropes #my favourite trope #mytropeismenwhoarestoicbutwhentheycry🤌🏽 #stoicfulmuses #ben solo #darkacademia #dark and moody

[ihaskidgloves]

This week was... bad. I need to admit that so I can start over fresh and move on. I hope yours was much better! • That Jane Eyre scarf is 💯! And yes, I guess I'm a Sennheiser fangirl now lol. The Attorney Woo headphones! . . . . . #selfie #셀카 #mentalhealth #sennheiser #library #shelfie #janeeyre #storiarts #attorneywoo #sennheiserpxc550ii https://www.instagram.com/p/CkgZBEorONF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#selfie #셀카 #mentalhealth #sennheiser #library #shelfie #janeeyre #storiarts #attorneywoo #sennheiserpxc550ii

[mooberryink]

Annotating Jane Eyre ♡

#bookblr #bookstagram #mooberryink #janeeyre #charlottebronte

[maynarasworld]

Book + Coffee + Rainy Day

Livro + Café + Dia Chuvoso

🥰📖🤎☕️

#LOVE #LivroCristão #JESUS CRISTO #Jesus Christ #Livro #Libro #Coffee #Book #Dark Academy Aesthetic #JaneEyre #ChristianBook #CharlotteBronte #RomanceNovel #Romance #Love #RainyDay #Café #DarkAcademia #DarkAcademy

[ive7]

I could never rest in communication with strong, discreet, and refined minds, whether male or female, till I had passed the outworks of conventional reserve, and crossed the threshold of confidence, and won a place by their heart’s very hearthstone.

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë

#quote #brontë #charlotte bronte #charlottebronte #jane eyre #janeeyre

[lagiorgiet]

It happened the 13th of May, it was a Friday, (while I was in surgery, so I didn't had the time neither the strength to share it online), but the Italian edition of Jane Eyre came out, with a cover made by yours truly! 🎉⁠ A classic I LOVED so much when I was a young girl (I think it was the first english book I read in actual english - I remember I was quite pride of myself at that time). I still love that nerdy-stubborn gal of Jane, and I was the happiest to gave my interpretation of her. 🌸⁠ ⁠ Ps. Thank you @duccio_boscoli for the intense team work! 👯⁠ ⁠ #JaneEyre #CharlotteBronte #Bronte #Feltrinelli #FeltrinelliEditore #UniversaleEconomicaFeltrinelli #UniversaleEconomica #UE #UniversaleEconomicaFeltrinelliRagazzi #Libro #Libri #Book #Books #Leggere #LeggereSempre #13Maggio #Friday #Venerdì #VenerdìDaLeggere #Spring #Primavera #giorgiamarras #illustration #literature (presso Angoulême, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeBuWDeMao6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[lescarnetsdemissclara]

Jane Eyre Special order for a book lover #bibliothequeverte #janeeyre ##brontë #bookillustration #artbooks #missclara (at Bordeaux, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfgz14ts-sx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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