Jane Eyre: Question 5

Jane Eyre reflects multiple examples of the history, behavior, and social issues of it's time period, which is about 1820-1850. One social issue it shows is how greatly orphaned children were neglected. Jane's situation was not all that uncommon. Many children who would become orphaned would live on the streets or were put in an orphanage or school in poor conditions in more ways than one. Another social issue was that it was accepted that Jane was treated in such a manor. It was ok to lock children in 'red room' and leave them there to faint of fright. A behavioral issue of this time period was how much social class meant to people. Blanche Ingram thought she was some hot-stuff and because of that it was ok to make fun of Jane, her class, and occupation basically right to her face. That would be a no-go these days. People still think pretty highly of themselves because of the money they have, though. The setting of this novel is around 1820-1850 and takes place in a few different places: Gateshead (the Reed's house), Lowend (Jane's school), Thornfield (Rochester's house), Moor House (the River's house), Morton, and Ferndean (Rochester's other house).

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