Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre
Notes

Topics/Themes

**childhood/orphan
**bildungsroman/autobiography
**fairytales/romance
**God/religion
**Romantism (nature, inner emotions)/Victorianism (material, social world; social issues)
**individualism/social conventions and expectations
**marriage/love
**gender (masculinity/femininity; social class, sexuality; authorship; governess)
**family/parenting
**education (Lowood school, Ad
éle)
**empire (slavery, revolt/rebellion, West Indies)

Pages for critical essays in the Norton

**488-94, Meyer selection: Colonialism and slavery (Bertha Mason)

**464-86, Gilbert and Gubar selection: Jane Eyre, individualism, and gender

More to come - in progress