Essay Archive - Jane Eyre - Miss Temple's Influence on Jane
Jane Eyre - Miss Temple's Influence on Jane
“Jane Eyre” is set during the Victorian period, at a time where a women’s role in society was restrictive and repressive and class differences distinct. A job as a governess was one of the only few respectable positions available to the educated but impoverished single women.
Not only is “Jane Eyre” a novel about one woman’s journey through life, but Brontë also conveys to the reader the social injustices of the period, such as poverty, lack of universal education and sexual inequality. Jane’s plight an....
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