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jane eyre - Essay and Term Paper
The Settings of Jane Eyre
Throughout Jane Eyre, as Jane herself moves from one physical location to
another, the settings in which she finds herself vary considerably. Bronte makes the most
of this necessity by carefully arranging those settings to match the differing
circumstances Jane finds herself in at each. As Jane grows older and her hopes and
dreams change, the settings she finds herself in are perfectly attuned to her state of mind,
but her circumstances are always defined by the walls, real and figurative, around her.
As a young girl, she is essentially trapped in Gateshead. This sprawling house is
almost her whole world. Jane has been here for most of her ten years. Her life as a child
is sharply defined by the walls of the house. She is not made to feel wanted within them
and continues throughout the novel to associate Gateshead with the emotional trauma of
growing up under its "hostile r......
Total Word Count: 914
Page Count: 3.6 (250 words a page / double spaced)
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