#janeeyre

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What could be more fitting for Halloween than a grand house shrouded in secrets, where whispers echo through the corridors, and eerie screams pierce the night? This is beautifully captured in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, where today's costume comes from.

This particular costume is a dressing gown worn by none other than Orson Welles as the character of Edward Rochester in the 1943 version of the classic novel. Apparently, several of his costumes from this film went on to be used by Rex Harrison's character of Stephen Fox in the 1947 film The Foxes of Harrow.

If two actors shared similar measurements, it was not uncommon for them to share costumes throughout films.

Learn more about this fantastic piece at bit.ly/VicEd180

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𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐄𝐲𝐫𝐞: 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞

It is indeed true that being able to stand up for yourself will help you survive the oppression of life. This is what the novel taught me. Honestly speaking, Jane Eyre is one of my most favorite novels, alongside Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, Charles Dickens', and Mark Twain's. Jane Eyre is a revolutionary novel written by Charlotte Bronte during the Victorian period under the gender-neutral pen name ‘Currer Bell’.

This novel exposes the sufferings of women during the patriarchal Victorian period in England. This novel shows a girl who lived in a discriminating society and was maltreated, suppressed, and shamed by the people around her, but overcame her trials with her courage. Upon analyzing the novel, I was thinking that the novel was written to awaken the spirit of the people to end gender inequity and discrimination. As a novel with strong social themes, Jane Eyre is a feminist novel, as it puts women in the spotlight by characterizing the protagonist as a brave, independent, and dignified woman. Characterized by tackling issues that were rampant in society during the Victorian period, such as marriage, discrimination, and gender violence, Charlotte Bronte’s approach to the novel aligned with feminist ideology and principles.

In Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre’ oppression was one of the central conflicts of the novel. Throughout the story, I can see how Jane is oppressed by those around her, including her cruel aunt, Mrs. Reed, and her cruel son, John Reed, and the strict headmaster of the Lowood Institution, Mr. Brocklehurst. As a female author, I think that she intentionally wrote the novel to attack society at the time, to open the eyes of the people, and to lead them towards new thinking about women. This is why Charlotte Bronte empowered the protagonist with the characters that people during those times were not able to see in women. One of the key characteristics of Jane is her resiliency in the face of adversity.

Overall, "Jane Eyre" is a powerful novel that explores the motifs of oppression and the characteristics of individuals who are able to rise above it. Moreover, it challenges traditional gender roles and expectations and explores the complexities of love and human connection.

As someone who is interested in bildungsroman novels, I really love this novel because it interestingly shows the development of the character from orphan to governess.

For me, this novel shows us readers the importance of being true to ourselves and sticking to our core principles. Love is indeed a universal language of kindness. Thus, we must love one another regardless of our differences. God loves us equally, so we must do the same for everyone. Revenge is the action of a fool, but love is the action of a wise man. Remember that being able to love and be kind amidst the harshness of the world is a power.

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Filme: Jane Eyre Ano: 2011 🎥🍃 . . Repost de @livros.cinema.arte 🩷 .

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A Study: Lucy Snowe in “Villette”

A note on the text: I used Charlotte Bronte’s Villette as published in 2004 by Signet Classics

I love the book Jane Eyre and while Villette isn’t quite as good as that classic, it has a protagonist, Lucy Snowe, that has as much depth and subtlety as the one in Bronte’s magnus opus does. I love the way in which this book hints at Lucy’s subtilties in small, seemingly insignificant ways.

Lucy Snowe is very Puritanical in a lot of ways. She dislikes frivolity and really dislikes any excessive displays of emotion. She prizes herself on being in complete control of herself and her emotions. She having peace and tranquility in her life and tends to shy away from anything that would disturb that peace. When she reflects on her time spent in her childhood home she says that her time there went “not with tumultuous swiftness, but blandly like the gliding of a full river through the plane. . . . The charm of variety was not there, nor the excitement of incident; but I liked peace so well, and sought stimulus so little, that when the latter came, I almost felt it a disturbance, and wished it had still held aloof”, and later admits that she only changes once she has been “stimulated into action” and that she has to be “goaded, driven, [and] forced” to do anything (4, 40). It makes sense therefore why she struggles to relate to people like the flirtatious and ditzy Ginevra Fanshawe. While Lucy is emotionally restrained and generally avoids doing anything to “disturb the peace”, Ginevra is an emotional firecracker who enjoys stirring up stuff wherever she goes. Yet Bronte skillfully shows at various points in the story that underneath Lucy’s stoic exterior beats a very human, emotional heart. 

For the bulk of the story Lucy is an English teacher working at an all girls boarding school, run by the equally stoic Mrs. Beck, in Villette, a fictional French town, and for a while it seems like the two are a match made in Heaven. Yet, it eventually becomes evident that Lucy isn’t as happy there as she initially thought she would be. It’s not really until she meets little Georgette that she begins to realize just how lonely she is: “Her clasp and the nestling action with which she pressed her cheeks to mine, made me almost cry with a tender pain. Feeling of no kind abounded in that house; this pure little drop from a pure source was too sweet: it penetrated deep, [subdued] the heart, and sent a gush to the eyes” (134). However this proves to be only a “temporary lapse in judgment” at least until Dr John Graham Bretton shows up.

It’s not until Dr. John comes onto the scene where we really see Lucy wrestle with her emotions. She loves John, but something deep inside of her keeps her from fully expressing herself to him. Feelings, in her mind, lead only to disappointment and pain. She can’t get disappointed, heart broken and hurt if she doesn’t allow herself to get attached to anyone. No good can come from her telling John how much she loves him. Or at least that’s what she thinks. But there is something else, something deep inside of her, something outside of the realm of reason that dares to hope that things might be different. Reason tells her that she should keep her mouth shut and yet, for the first time, Lucy admits that she hates how 

this hag, this Reason, would not let me look up, or smile, or hope; she could not rest [until I was] altogether crushed, cowed, broken in and broken down. According to her, I was born only to work for a piece of bread, to await the pains of death, and steadily through all life to despond. Reason might be right; yet no wonder we are all glad at times to defy her; to rush from under her rod and give a truant hour to  Imagination- her soft, bright foe, our sweet Help, our divine Hope. We shall and must break bounds at intervals, despite the terrible revenge that awaits our return. . . . Long I should have died of [Reason’s] ill usage. . . but for that kinder Power (257). 

That’s why she has to be pushed as hard as she does to do anything: her overly critical mind has the tendency to stamp out her ability and desire to do anything with her life. I bet there are a lot of people who know what that feels like. 

Happiness is something that lives somewhat outside the realm of reason. It is something that has be to experienced out there in the real world. It cannot be cultivated, worked on, or reasoned with. Happiness, as Lucy later says, “is not a potato to be planted in mold and tilled in manure” (282). You have to risk getting your heart broken in order to experience true happiness.

However the true power of Bronte’s skill as a writer comes in the way that Lucy changes throughout the course of the novel while maintaining the qualities that make her so unique. She learns how to feel, how to let love into her life, but never quite shakes the old Puritanical quality of self control. It eventually becomes evident that Dr John loves Paulina and while Lucy is happy for them, she still struggles with feelings of jealousy. So while on the surface she seems stoic and unattached, underneath there is a brewing cauldron of emotion. Look at how she describes the way that John watches Paulina with only the slightest sense of jealousy seeping through: “[John] followed with his eye the gilded glance of Paulina’s thimble as if it had been some bright moth on the wing, or the golden head of some darting yellow serpent” (329). I love how all throughout the book, Bronte shows us again and again, and in very subtle ways, that there are ore things going on inside this character than there seems to be. 

Charlotte Bronte is an incredible writer who allows her characters to have incredible depth. Lucy is an incredible rich character full of depth and complexity. She is pretty unique in the way that she hints at emotions that are bubbling right underneath the surface, the ways in which she allows her character to grow and change while retaining her essential uniqueness. It’s quite a unique and beautiful gift.

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Villette de Charlotte Brönte, ou comment se révéler à soi-même. * Lucy Snowe débarque à Villette par une sombre journée d'hiver, sans connaître un mot de français, cette jeune anglaise se fait embaucher dans un pensionnat de jeunes filles pour y enseigner l'anglais. * La vie y est rythmée mais monotone, elle alterne entre les cours qu'elle donne aux jeunes filles avec des moments d'ennui et de solitude profonde . Lucy parvient à garder un moment à elle, une sorte de méditation au clair de lune dans le jardin clos. * Au fil du temps, elle sera amenée à échanger et se lier avec les autres professeurs. M. Paul finira par avoir sa préférence, même si d'autres prétendants lui font la cours. * Ne vous fiez pas au synopsis presque simpliste, car la force de Charlotte Brönte est de raconter une histoire du point de vue de la femme, peut être enfermée dans son rôle, mais forte, orgueilleuse et décidée. Une femme qui se remet en question, doute, questionne son monde pour parvenir à se réaliser. * Après Jane Eyre, ce roman m'a à nouveau plongé dans l'univers feutré des sociétés de femmes du XVIIIeme. Roman fleuve, description poignantes, introspection, romantisme, dialogues bien sentis, amour et trahisons : tous les ingrédients d'un roman victorien. * Villette est un roman autobiographique, ou en tout cas en très grande partie, il raconte l'expérience de Charlotte Brönte lors de sa formation pour devenir professeure à Bruxelles. À la lumière de ce témoignage, le roman en devient encore plus poignant ! * #charlottebronte #villette #janeeyre #epoquevictorienne #angleterre #bruxelles #belgique #romaninitiatique #litteratureanglaise #lecture #litterature #litteratureetrangere  #book #bookstagram #instabook #livre #roman #spiritualite #amour #rencontre #souvenirsdelectures #livres #bibliotheque #bibliothequerevee #lire #jaimelire #fandelecture #bouquiniste https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp2i4yGqzPu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I could never rest in communication with strong, discreet, and refined minds, whether male or female, till I had passed the outworks of conventional reserve, and crossed the threshold of confidence, and won a place by their heart’s very hearthstone.

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë

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Annotating Jane Eyre ♡

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Life is fleeting—don't waste it on grudges. Choose forgiveness and cherish the beautiful moments that each day brings.

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POVERTY AWARENESS MONTH QUOTE 3

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Wednesday, January 1, 2024

"Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! - I have as much soul as you, - and full as much heart!"  - Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

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Hola, les traigo la cancion L'immensità de Forestella subtitulada al español y al inglés. Espero que les guste. Le puse imágenes de una de mis series favoritas de amor de todos los tiempos, Jane Eyre (si no la han visto se las recomiendo) porque pensé que la letra de la canción iba acorde a la historia. Y pues también una disculpa por la calidad de las imágenes. Intenté encontrar la serie en mejor calidad pero no tuve éxito 😓. En fin, aquí les dejo el videito 😄😄😄.

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L'immensità with english subtitles 😁

https://youtu.be/K8Arfq6yNdQ?si=WFnqSVi_jBAKjaAQ

#BaeDooHoon #ChoMinGyu #KoWoorim #KangHyungHo #Forestella #Soopbyeol #JaneEyre #TobyStephens #RuthWilson #BBC

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Cosmo

In realtà oggi ho ben poco da condividere. Due giorni al PS non hanno dato la possibilità di concludere molto. Comunque qualcosa c’è Intanto, visto che martedì ho parlato di Jane Eyre, vi dirò l’ultima versione cinematografica che ho visto: ‘Jane Eyre’ di Tamil, con George C. Scott e Susanna York; penso sia la versione più brutta tra quelle che ho visto. Forse perché l’ho vista su Youtube e non…

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A Reflection on Childhood

Note on the text: I used Quentin Tarantino’s Cinema Speculation as published in 2022 by Harper Collins

This is a great book for cinephiles. I highly recommend this book for anyone who loves films. Quentin’s love for the films he talks about here is contagious (I actually decided to go out and rent some of the films that he mentions here because he made them sound so interesting). 

This book came at an interesting time in my life. I’ve had many discussions with people over the last few years about what books/films are appropriate for kids. When I was a kid I loved books. Books were my first love (I enjoyed watching movies, but my love for them didn’t really come until high school). I was a voracious reader who read everything that I could get my hands on: I read Jane Eyre when I was in 5th grade, Frankenstein in 6th, and had read 10 out of Dickens’ 14 novels by the time I reached high school. I was lucky that my parents never really prevented me from reading whatever I wanted to. The benefit of all that, besides the fact that I was reading great books, was that my mind was able to stretch in ways that it couldn’t have otherwise. Did I understand everything that happened in those books? No, but I understood enough. More than that, I found myself getting a slightly deeper understanding of how the outside world worked. I remember someone asked me once when I was a kid what I loved so much about books. I told him that I loved how books brought me into the minds of other people. How I got to see things from the perspective of other people and learn something about the world that I didn’t know before. 

So when people ask me what books I think are appropriate for children, the first thing I say is that I don’t know. Because as a kid I was allowed to read anything that wanted, I tend to believe that kids should be allowed to read whatever they want to. Kids are more capable of understanding the world around them then we give them credit for, and even if they don’t totally understand something that’s ok too. It’s ok for children to be a little scared, confused, or even a little disturbed by what they’re reading. The world is a crazy, scary, confusing place. In fact I would say allowing kids to encounter some of those things in their literature will turn them into stronger, more capable, more open minded adults. I remember reading Ender’s Game (I was probably in 3rd grade) and being so disturbed at the presence of androids that I threw the book across the room of my daycare and just sat there thinking for like 20 minutes. I remember not only being disturbed at how the androids were being treated, but by their very existence. It had never occurred to me that someone might try to create “a perfect human”, and I remember being horrified at the idea. What would happen to silly, imperfect people like me? Eventually I did get up and continue to read it, but that idea stayed with me for years after that. I never forgot that feeling. All because of a book. 

So reading Quentin’s account of his childhood really struck a chord with me. I’d like to think that he and I would have been great friends. Before talking about the great films he saw in the 70s, Quentin talks about the impact that going to the movies with his mom as a child had on him. Like my parents, she rarely prevented him from seeing whatever movie he wanted to. He talks about how, similar to what I discovered with books, even when he didn’t entirely know what was happening in the movies he was watching, he got it: 

When a child reads an adult book, there’s going to be words that [she or he] doesn’t understand. But depending on the context, and the paragraph surrounding the sentence, sometimes they can figure it out. Same thing when a kid watches an adult movie. Now obviously [there are] things that go way over your head [that] your parents want to go over your head. But some things, even if I didn’t exactly know what they meant I got the gist. . . . It was fucking thrilling to be the only child watching an adult movie and hearing the room laugh at (usually) something that I knew was probably naughty. And sometimes, even when I didn’t get it, I got it (10).   

A rather pedantic example of this comes when he describes seeing the scene in Woody Allen’s Play it Again Sam where Humphrey Bogart says “You’re as nervous as Lizabeth Scott before I blew her brains out”: “Did I know who Lizabeth Scott was? Of course not. Could I figure out at 12 that she was probably some old time actress that Bogart did pictures with? Of course” (70). 

Another thing worth pointing out is that kids inherently know the difference between truth and fiction. Adults are always surprised to learn that kids understand that stories, however dark, are just stories. People are more afraid of what their kids will read in a book, or see in a film, as if evil and complexity doesn’t exist in the real world. As if, were it not for books and movies, they wouldn’t encounter real evil in the world. It’s so silly. 

And just like I talk about my mind expanding through books, he talks about his mind expanding through movies. How these movies exposed him to a larger world. Look at how he describes seeing the scene in Dirty Harry where the girl’s body gets dug up: “When they removed the naked dead girl out of the hole in Dirty Harry, it was totally disturbing, but I got it. Scorpio’s inhumanity went beyond the beyond. All the better for Harry to blast him away with the world’s most powerful handgun” (15). She’s an innocent victim that this horrible thing happened to, which made Harry think he was justified in reacting the way that he did. And just like me with the androids, this caused Quentin to think about justice in a way that he hadn’t considered before. It made his mind and spirit grow a little. 

I love books and I love films. They have made me grow in ways as a person that I could never have imagined and I only hope that other kids will get the same opportunity to learn and grow that I did. What a wonderful gift.