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A 6 page paper discussing the significance of class-consciousness in Bronte's novel. The paper discusses the impact of the materialism of Victorian society on Jane herself, and shows how Bronte's rejection of Victorian values postulated a class system based on merit rather than money. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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statements about the society in which his characters live, and Brontes case against the early Victorian eras obsession with class and money comes through loud and clear. Between the 1770s
and the 1840s -- Jane Eyre was published in 1847 -- England underwent a sweeping transformation from a sleepy agrarian society to an intensely industrial one. For the first time,
the English middle class was able to acquire wealth and power, the likes of which had previously only been available to the nobility. We are not told how either Mr.
Reed or Mr. Rochester made their millions, but the fact that they are not nobility is apparent from their lack of title. Nonetheless they and their families are able to
live in mansions, engage servants, and gain prestige in the community. This sudden rise of certain parts of the middle class into the untitled upper class also set up a
dichotomy between those financially able to make the move and those too poor to do so. Victorians were extremely conscious of home and appearance, because what one had to show
for oneself in terms of material possessions mattered much more than who one was in terms of nobility of birth. Appearances mattered; in fact, propriety was everything.The Victorian era set
down a rigid standard of conduct and, even more important, appearances -- and individuals who for whatever reason flaunted a deviation from this standard were ostracized from full participation in
society. Interestingly, there was not as much difference between the behavior expected of one class and another; there seemed to be a blanket consensus regarding conduct among all classes
and to some extent all age groups during the Victorian age. This consensus boiled down to a shared belief in universal virtues. Victorians aspired above all to be virtuous, and
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