Concetti Chiave
- Charlotte Bronte's upbringing was influenced by her Celtic parents, who instilled a belief in emotion and impulse over reason.
- "Jane Eyre" blends autobiography with melodramatic elements, such as Rochester's secret wife and his injuries from a fire.
- Jane Eyre defies Victorian norms of female delicacy, portraying women as courageous and independent, willing to sacrifice love for ideals.
- Rochester is depicted as a Byronic hero, embodying dark and intense qualities, and the novel features a romanticized view of nature as a reflection of emotions.
- The narrative uses a first-person perspective to delve into Jane's psychology, making characters well-rounded and accessible to readers.
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Origini e influenze di Bronte
Bronte’s father was a priest. Both parents ere of Celtic origin, so they told her fantastic stories and she had a belief in feeling and impulse over reason.
JANE EYRE
Jane Eyre can be considered an Autobiography, as says its subtitle, but not completely, because there are melodramatic elements like:
• the fire in which Rochester looses his sight and one hand.
• Rochester’s secret wife.
Caratteristiche delle eroine di Charlotte
Jane Eyre is an heroine, she shows courage and determination which contrast with Victorian ideals of female delicacy, the angel of the house. Charlotte’s women aren’t slave to love but they are ready to sacrifice it for their ideals, honour and duty. In her poems woman leads the game. Her novels are a mix of realistic observation, fine humour (like Jane Austen) and intensity of feeling (more intense than Jane Austen). Jane Eyre, with Wuthering Heights is the archetypal romantic novel, Charlotte, as Jane Eyre, had loved a married man hopelessly, this is unconventional. Rochester is a Byronic hero, dark, intense, mysterious, impetuous, with a big secret.
Concezione romantica della natura
In this novel, there’s a romantic conception of the nature, because it is the setting for character’s feelings.
ALL MY HEART IS YOURS, SIR
It’s an extract of the final part of “Jane Eyre” written by Charlotte Bronte in 1847, in a rich period, considering the Great Exhibition of London in 1851.
The title is very relevant to meaning because with this title the reader understand Jane will forgive Rochester, even she initially seems to not forgive him.
It is settled in the countryside, Jane goes to Ferdnean Manor, because Thornfield has been destroyed by fire.
Dialogo tra Jane e Rochester
The characters involved in the situation are Jane and Mr. Rochester. The dialogue seems a cross-examination because Rochester asking Jane a series of questions, to have information about St. John rivers, her cousin who proposed to her, so Jane understand that Rochester is jealous, he’s interested to her, and she plays with him, to awake his passions. Even if Rochester is invalid, he doesn’t seem desperate, because he asks her to marry him.
Narrativa e psicologia in Bronte
Charlotte Bronte uses a first person narrator to show deep psychology of Jane, her feelings, her point of view on the situation, so reader can identify with her.
So characters are round because we can know all their personality, their faults and weakness.
Syntax is very simple and there are romantic elements: passionate love, intensity of feeling, a symbolic use of nature.
Domande da interrogazione
- ¿Cuál es la relación entre Charlotte Bronte y los elementos autobiográficos en "Jane Eyre"?
- ¿Cómo se representa a las mujeres en las obras de Charlotte Bronte?
- ¿Qué características definen a Rochester en "Jane Eyre"?
- ¿Cómo se utiliza la narración en primera persona en "Jane Eyre"?
"Jane Eyre" se considera parcialmente una autobiografía, ya que refleja experiencias personales de Charlotte Bronte, como su amor por un hombre casado, aunque también incluye elementos melodramáticos.
Las mujeres en las obras de Charlotte Bronte, como Jane Eyre, muestran coraje y determinación, contrastando con los ideales victorianos de delicadeza femenina. No son esclavas del amor, sino que están dispuestas a sacrificarlo por sus ideales, honor y deber.
Rochester es un héroe byroniano, caracterizado por ser oscuro, intenso, misterioso e impetuoso, con un gran secreto. Su relación con Jane Eyre refleja una concepción romántica de la naturaleza y los sentimientos.
Charlotte Bronte utiliza la narración en primera persona para mostrar la psicología profunda de Jane, sus sentimientos y su punto de vista, permitiendo al lector identificarse con ella y comprender mejor a los personajes, que son complejos y bien desarrollados.
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