Jane Eyre As A Modern Woman

Part I of Essay
Throughout the course of Charlotte Bronte’s novel, Jane Eyre, Jane is used as a representation of a modern woman. Jane does many things which women of her time didn’t do. She started reading as a little girl. This was a talent that most women at the time didn’t acquire t ....

Part II of Essay
.... read well. Jane is actually extremely modern because she started reading as a little girl in the Reeds’ house. For example, before she and John got into a fight, Jane sat down by the window and began reading. “I returned to my book--Bewick’s History of British Birds... quite as a blank.--10” Another example of how Jane read as a child was when she read a book of Arabian tales after she got in a fight with Mrs. Reed. “I took a book--some Arabian tales; I sat down and endeavored to read.--40” This is one way Charlotte Bronte shows tha ....