Jane Eyre, Christ And Brontë's The Victorian Age 1830-1901

Jane Eyre, Christ and Robson notice in “The Victorian Age 1830-1901” in The Norton Anthology of English Literature, fits well to the description of a typical Victorian novel. The Bildungsroman – a novel about growing up – was a popular genre in the Victorian era. The Victorian novel typically involves a protagonist, male or female, on a journey for self-definition. The novel depicts the conflict between the social environment and personal aspirations: thus, it is most suitable form to portray women’s struggle for identity and autonomy in the Victorian social context of female oppression. (2006, p. 995). According to Brontë in Jane Eyre, Jane begins her journey as a mistreated and orphaned ten-year-old girl in the house of her aunt who does not really want to have her there. During the novel, Jane develops into a self-confident and self-respectful woman. The aunt sends her to a charitable school, the Lowood boarding school in order to get rid of her. Jane remains at the school for six years as a student then two years as a teacher. At the age of eighteen, she becomes the governess; the main focus of the novel is on her experiences as an eighteen year old governess who falls in love with her wealthy employer, Mr. Rochester. Then she discovers that Mr. Rochester is already married. Jane departs Thornfield to Marsh End where she discovers of new relatives and knowledge of her past and the unexpected inheritance are of great importance on her journey. She leaves Mr. Rochester but