Jane Arden

for its initiation or conclusion, but generally agreed to be around 1800s to 1830s. Therefore, Bronte, the author of Jane Eyre, she had romantic views even though her critically acclaimed book was published in 1847. Somewhere along the mid nineteenth to early twentieth centuries the Victorian era took place. This era contrasted sharply to the Romantic period. The main character of Jane Eyre struggles to fit in to her strongly Victorian adoptive family. Charlotte Bronte writes about a rebellious…

My favorite part of the movie was Jane and Rochester’s friendship, though anyone who read the book would know it was more than that. I liked when Blanche Ingram said, “a man should pay no heed to his looks,” and Rochester replied with “then a pirate would do for you.” It reminded me of in the novel when Mr. Brocklehurst asked what Jane must do to avoid Hell and she said “I must keep in good health and not die.” Furthermore, I liked when Mason had just been attacked by Bertha and the guests at…

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife” (Austen 1). Pride and Prejudice written by Jane Austen and Much Ado About Nothing written by William Shakespeare have many common literary elements throughout the book. Such as the theme, the use of symbolism throughout the books, the similarities between the characters Elizabeth from Pride and Prejudice and Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing, and conflict. One common…

In response to “Thanks, Meghan Markle, We Needed That”, an editorial author Mara Gay wrote published through The New York Times on May 20th, 2018. The editorial in detail expresses her opinion about the marriage that took place in mid-May, between a mixed raced American actress Megan Markle and the Prince of Duchess Harry. To begin with, the author was reluctant to viewing the wedding. Though what persuaded her initially was that she has something in common with the princess. The author as well…

To connects to the book Jane Eyre in numerous ways. Maya Angelou was an extremely courageous woman as she was persistent in standing up for herself and others, despite her tragic past as a rape victim and sex worker. Instead of withholding herself from society, like a woman in the 1900’s who provided sexual services was expected to do, Maya became a successful “civil rights activist, a singer, a writer, a mother” (Hawksworth) and an inspiration for many. Similar to her, Jane was determined to…

“The Road Not Taken” The Road Not Taken is a very metaphoric poem by Robert Frost in 1916. It has the rhyming scheme ABAAB. The poem was written for a friend of Roberts. In the beginning it explains the setting, a yellow wood, referring to a fall woods setting. The poem then explains that one path was destroyed with undergrowth and worn, and the other was grassy, yet appeared quite the same in terms of wear. In The Road Not Taken, Robert Frost suggests that acknowledging and making risky…

The book Jane by Maggie Nelson focuses on Nelson’s aunt Jane, but more importantly, on her murder and rape as seen through the eyes of those who outlived her. Jane’s rape and murder took place in 1969, when rape was rarely touched upon in newspapers or reported in broadcasts. Jane’s own murder and sexual molestation focused on the murderer more than on celebrating Jane’s life as seen in parts of news clippings Nelson included as poems in the book. Newspapers at the time were not as interested in…

Recently, I had a chance to read “The Road Not Taken”, one of the most familiar and popular poems of Robert Frost. The poem was about two different directions, which indicate the paths in life. The narrator did not know what they will be, but he had to make a decision on one of them, and he regretted on another way. He took the road that less traveled by because he might be different than everyone else. Moreover, the poetry represented that every road has both misfortune and pleasant surprises.…

Today’s interactive oral helped develop my understanding of the cultural and contextual considerations of the work by making me second guess my opinions on the titular character, Madame Emma Bovary. We discussed whether or not the issues in Emma Bovary's life are caused by herself, or whether or not they were caused by society. Before today, my opinion on Emma was that she was an incredibly unlikable character with a severe lack of redeeming qualities, but after our discussion it became…

Prejudices in Jane Eyre Life proves itself as unfair to most, although some people have an advantage over others because of their individual standings. This unjustified reality comes to life because of the many social prejudices that exist in the world. Social prejudices capture the essence of all the different inequalities that exist in society and amplifies them into hindrances of everyday life. Social prejudices such as these are displayed in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. This story follows…