The Status of Women in the Nineteenth Century Victorian England Case Study: Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine Charlotte Bronte‘s contribution to the feminist question in her selected novel Jane Eyre. The study shows how Bronte‘s novel examines the suffering of women and how they could overcome difficulties and achieve success.It is clear that Charlotte ideology in her portrayal of her heroine based on her real world, established herself as a distinguished feminist woman writer in her treatment of women‘s situation. In this regard, the dissertation is divided into four chapters .The first chapter involves an overview about the Victorian literature. Its aim is to show the characteristics of literature in the19th century .The second chapter studies the historical and social backgrounds and the life and works of the author .The aim of this chapter is to spot the light on circumstances in which the work is produced and affected the writer. The third chapter involves a study of the form and style of the work under study. The aim through it is to analyze the literary techniques used by Charlotte Bronte to explore the concerns of her age through language .Finally, the fourth chapter, centers on the analysis of the novel focusing on the content through a discussion of the status of women in the 19th century England