Feminism in the novel Jane Eyr
The word "feminism" today can conjure up any number of images and nasty thoughts of left-wing bra-burning man-hating radicals or women in politics fighting for pro-choice options. It seems like everyone has an opinion when it comes to the word feminism, and many of them are somewhat negative. However, recently, feminism has calmed down and gained a quieter reputation. Although feminism seems to the modern reader a phenomenon of the 20th century with the suffragettes of the 20’s and the women’s liberation movement of the 60’s and 70’s, it has always existed. It was not always called feminism, nor did believers in equality always have a refuge with like-thinkers. In Charlotte romance novel, Jane Eyre, the protagonist, Jane, had a definite feminist bent. In 1800’s, behavior followed such straight-laced regulated standards that most modern women would be considered excruciatingly radical and unconventional. Thus Jane’s version of feminism was much milder by our expectations, but it exists nonetheless. Jane strove for what Webster’s dictionary describes as, "the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men," except of course, there was no "doctrine" in
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Approximate Word count = 1461
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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