Victorian Literature
When considering the debatable relevance/irrelevance of the study of nineteenth century literature to students today, works of the Victorian era, such as Charlotte Bronte's classical masterpiece, Jane Eyre, can be used as an example. Jane Eyre contains such issues as religion, the role of women and morality during the Victorian Era. It is through the relevance of these issues that one can judge the appropriate/inappropriate study of nineteenth century literature in today's society.Through the use of her characters, Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre, clearly demonstrates the nineteenth century's peoples sense of Christian duty. Such blind devotion and faith in God is clearly evident in almost all of the characters in Jane Eyre. When comparing the importance of Christianity in the Victorian Era to that of today, it is obvious that religion in general has, not become less important, but has become less a part of a persons daily routine. This is shown clearly in the following passage from the novel; "The meal over, prayers were read by Miss Miller, and the classes filed off..." (Bronte: Jane Eyre. Page: 36). This quote from the novel suggests that in the Victorian Era Christianity was not unlike a daily chore, observed eve
For example, if the same scenario were to happen today, it would be dubbed adultery, and shock many people that Rochester would even consider marrying another. The characters in Jane Eyre face and meet various challenges throughout their roles in the novel. Martin stated that Jane Eyre was the first major feminist novel, "although there is not a hint in the book of any desire for political, legal, educational or even intellectual equality between the sexes" (R. The fact that this statement was a desperate plea for equality suggests that in the nineteenth century equality between the sexes was far from being achieved. However this is definitely not the case in today's world. God has graciously given her the shape that He has given to all of us;. Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!. Today, as was the case in the nineteenth century many, if not all, of our laws are based on moral belief. When examining the relevance/irrelevance of the issues in Jane Eyre it seems that the study of the novel in a high school syllabus seems a waste of time and on a large part irrelevant. However when searching deeper and thinking more broadly one begins to realise that however different the issues are in the novel in relation to modern society, it is in fact the study of such issues which should definitely be studied.
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