Lavender's AP Lit Class Blog
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Thinking about our upcoming Jane Eyre essay assignment, I have a few topics I am interested in. There is one however that I am particularly keen about. The proto-feminist aspect of the story really has intrigued me. How she continues to emasculate Rochester, the way she stands up to all the men she comes in contact with, there are many times in the book we see this pro-feminism being displayed. To me that is one of the biggest concepts of the book. It is a recurring theme, that in which we always look further into. I love how the sun and moon are described, being male and female, and how it relates to how whenever the moon comes up, Jane is empowered-Rochester falls off horse, Rochester stutters in her presence during the night hours, etc. There's so many symbols and things in the novel that support this overlying theme of pro to-feminism, and I am very interested in it!
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I really like your take on the protofeminism! It's a super interesting. I think your essay will be really interesting with this topic!
ReplyDeleteHannah, I totally agree with your statement of proto-feminism being one of the biggest themes in this novel. You might want to talk about what Jane says in chapter twelve. "Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel;"
ReplyDeleteReally good ideas Hannah! I agree, this topic is very interesting. I think you should definitely go in depth with the symbols (sun and moon), and what they represent. And I agree with Dalton, the quote in chapter twelve is one of the best examples of feminism in the book.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you're off to a good start, Hannah (and the passage Dalton refers to is key). I'm interested to see where this takes you!
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