Throughout history women have played important roles in society. Women
             have gone through much adversity to get where they are today. Jane Austen
             and Charlotte Bronte are some the pioneers of women's literature. Each
             shows their different aspects of a women's role in society in their books
             Emma by Austen and Jane Eyre by Bronte. In both of these books the author
             shows how a woman deals with societies' norms, values, and manners. Jane
             Eyre is an orphaned daughter of a poor family. She is brought up by her
             aunt Sarah Reed. Where she is teased and tortured by the aunt and the
             family. She is not very pretty and is barely on the social structure. On
             the other hand Emma Woodhouse is a beautiful girl and is financially
             sound. She is raised by her maternal father. In Emma, Emma Woodhouse
             is in search of finding the appropriate man for herself is the main theme.
             As the reader goes deeper into the text Emma slowly progresses into a
             self-deception. Having since childhood been obliged to manage her father,
             she still likes to manage things, and particularly people. She manages
             to manipulate everyone except Mr. George Knightley. In Jane Eyre, Jane
             demonstrates a strong need to be herself, to take responsibility for her
             action. She is put to the test by her daily teasing and abuse from her
             cousins. When she is brought to a boarding school she soon distinguishes
             herself through her classes. Eventually ends up in Thornfield where she
             meets Edward Rochester. While growing up in Gateshead Hall, Jane is
             treated less than a servant. Her cousins John, Eliza, and Georgiana Reed
             remind Jane she has no worth and is an unwelcome relative. Out of the
             three cousins John was one of the meanest, not only of Jane Eyre but of
             all living creatures. "John, no one thwarted, much less punished: though
             he twisted the necks of the pigeons, killed the little pea-chicks, set the
             dogs at the sheep, s...