Essays about: "Anne Brontë"

Found 5 essays containing the words Anne Brontë.

  1. 1. Cultural Clash and Gender Roles : Exploring the Quest for Equality in Jane Eyre and Things Fall Apart

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Anne M Johansson; [2024]
    Keywords : Gender; cultural clash; equality; religion; colonialism; Genus; kulturkrock; jämställdhet; religion; kolonialism;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to analyze the intersectionality between themes of cultural clash and gender roles within the novels Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, accentuating their common quest for equality. This essay offers a historical and cultural analysis, divulging the gender norms prevalent in Victorian England and pre-colonial Nigeria, serving as a backstage to the characters’ adaptations and struggles. READ MORE

  3. 2. Imitation and Protest: Two Case Studies of Depictions of Marriage in Anne Brontë and Olive Schreiner

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska

    Author : Jonatan Jönsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Literature has long been an effective vehicle for conveying women’s morals and opinions when they have otherwise been ignored and supressed. Fifty years apart, Anne Brontë and Olive Schreiner wrote fiction critical of different aspects of marriage with noticeably different results and conclusions. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Function of Religion in Jane Eyre from a Feminist Viewpoint.

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Marie-Anne Francoise Taylor; [2015]
    Keywords : religion; ethic of care; ethic of duty; imprisonment; escape; feminist;

    Abstract : This study is a literary analysis of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, which focuses on how female and male characters approach religion. A stark contrast is presented between the two approaches - differing according to gender - which point to two different forms of religion. READ MORE

  5. 4. Bendable and Breakable Men: Changes in masculinity in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre and Anne Brontë's The tenant of Wildfell Hall

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Sofia Nordstrand; [2014]
    Keywords : Charlotte Brontë; Jane Eyre; Anne Brontë; The Tenant of Wildfell Hall; feminism; gender; masculinity; performativity; Victorian society; Languages and Literatures;

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  6. 5. Wicked Gentlemen: A Comparison of Heathcliff in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights and Huntingdon in Anne Brontë’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media; Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Jenny Rothman; [2010]
    Keywords : Heathcliff; nineteenth century; manhood; Brontë; Wuthering Heights; The Tenant of Wildfell Hall; manliness; masculinity; Arthur Huntingdon; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates similarities and differences between Emily Brontë’s Heathcliff and Anne Brontë’s Huntingdon. Moreover, their conduct is compared to eighteenth- and nineteenth-century masculinities. Neither of the two characters corresponds with ideal masculine behaviour. As the novels progress they become increasingly depraved. READ MORE