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JANE EYRE AS A REFLECTION OF THE TIMES
By: Rishabh Jain, Erik Loewen, Sagar Mulchandani,
Angelene Superable, and Kenneth Nguyen
3rd Period
October 23, 2012
FIRST AND FOREMOST…
What does that even mean?
How does Jane Eyre actually
relate to the time period it’s set
in?
SCARCITY OF FOOD
“Breakfast-time came at last,
and this morning the porridge
was not burnt… the quantity
small; how small my portion
seemed!” (Bronte 45)
SCARCITY OF FOOD
During the Victorian times, there
were widespread instances of
malnourishment and of children being
underfed.
This is exemplified by Jane’s life
during her stay at the Lowood School,
because she wasn’t fed very much.
STRUGGLE OF EQUALITY
“Women are supposed to be very calm
generally; but women feel just as men feel; they
need exercise for their faculties and a field for
their efforts as much as their brothers do; they
suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a
stagnation” (Bronte 101).
STRUGGLE OF EQUALITY
Throughout the Victorian era woman were looked
down upon constantly, because of this women
become aware of their situation and slowly started
to take action for equality.
In the novel, Mr. Brocklehurst, Rochester, and St.
John all attempted to command women. Bronte’s
use of marriage in the novel portrays the struggle
for gender equality. Jane shuns marriage proposals
that she seems might expunge her identity and she
strives for equality in her relationships.
TYPHUS EPIDEMIC
“Inquiry was made into the origin of the
scourge [Typhus]… The unhealthy nature
of the site; the quantity and quality of the
children’s food; the brackish, fetid water…
all these things were discovered; and the
discovery produced a result mortifying to
Mr. Brocklehurst” (Bronte 75).
TYPHUS EPIDEMIC
There was a lower standard of living back
in the Victorian Times: lack of running
water, plumbing, and feed was often
prepared in unsafe conditions.
The clothes the girls wore at Lowood did
not protect them from the cold, and this
made them more susceptible to disease.
MARRIAGE FOR MONEY
“Yet as little could [my father] endure
that a son of his should be a poor man.
I must be provided for by a wealthy
marriage” (Bronte 290).
MARRIAGE FOR MONEY
During the Victorian Times, marriage
was commonly used as a way to “get-
rich-quick”.
Although religion was important
during these times, people didn’t
usually marry for love or God.
VIDEO
MONEY MATTERS
WORKS CITED
“Literary Ananlysis of Jane Eyre – Victorian Era.” Literary Analysis of Jane Eyre-
Victorian Era. N.p., n.d. Web. Oct. 2012.
<https://sites.google.com/a/cheshire.k12.ct.us/victorian- era/influential-
authors/the-bronte-sisters/biography/jane-eyre-analysis-of-jane-eyre>
Bronte, Charlotte, Fritz Eichenberg, and Bruce Rogers. Jane Eyre. New York:
Random House, 1943. Print.
“Jane Eyre: Money Matters & Flirting.” YouTube. YouTube, 12 Nov. 2007. Web.
24 Oct. 2012. <http://youtube.com/watch?v=bSrpvMSuhPM>.