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Lesson 4 of 7 · The 19th-century novel

Jane Eyre

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Trace Jane’s journey through Gateshead, Lowood, Thornfield, Moor House and Ferndean, and her search for independence, equality and love
Analyse Rochester, Bertha Mason, St John Rivers, Helen Burns and Mrs Reed
Explore Brontë’s methods: first-person retrospective narration, direct address to the reader, the red-room and Gothic elements, and nature imagery

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Link the novel to Victorian ideas about women, governesses, class and religion

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