How Does Jane Eyre Corrupt Victorian Society

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In the nineteenth century it was ideal for women in the Victorian Society was to clean the home, have food on the table, and raise their children. Obviously these standards were placed and reinforced by men, who felt women were their possess. Now, what is surprising about Charlotte Bronte’s novel, “Jane Eyre” is that the main character does not follow the ideals of a Victorian society. Throughout the entire novel, Jane is continuously questions other people and thinking different ideals through. This is not only shown in her relationships with the different men in the novel, but also the women in Jane’s life. Bronte uses Jane’s strong character to show how corrupt the Victorian society. With that said, of course the novel, “Jane Eyre” should …show more content…

The first man that appears in Jane’s life is Mr. Edward Rochester. Throughout his interactions with Jane, Rochester teases her. He makes it seems marrying Blanche Ingram is better for him, but in reality he loves Jane. Considering the fact that Rochester had a wife during the duration of talking with Jane, he only cares about himself. He was willing to leave his wife and Adele just because he felt something for Jane. Rochester is very selfish and is only concerned about his personal desires. Bronte used such strong character as Rochester to show how men in the Victorian society felt in comparison to …show more content…

Consider this, Jane and Rochester fell love in love and get married. Even though that ending is very sweet it does not show Jane’s independence. Critics even argue that this ending is very traditional to the Victorian society and does not show Jane living a strong independant life considering she married Mr.s Rochester. One of those critics is from a website entitled, “The Artifice” and the author is disappointed by Bronte’s approach to the ending of this novel. The author posed this question,”After such an independent life, is it a contradiction for Jane to return to Rochester and become a wife and a mother?”, which looms in the readers minds. Of course Jane’s choose to return and marry Rochester shows liberation, but it also shows that she is choosing to be

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