Jane EyreAnalyze the methods Charlotte Brontë uses to encourage the reader to sympathize with Jane Eyre in the early chapters. Think about how the novel describes Victorian ideology and relate your analysis to the literary content of the novel. Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë, was published in 1847 by Smith, Elder & Company, London. This year marks exactly the tenth anniversary of Queen Victoria's sixty-four year reign over the British Empire. The Victorian era was notorious for its patriarchal society and its definition by class. These two things provide essential context to the novel, as Jane suffers from both. Jane Eyre relates in some way to Brontë's own life, as its original title, "Jane Eyre: An Autobiography", suggests. Charlotte Brontë would also have suffered from this, as a relatively poor woman. She was reportedly treated poorly within the community. In fact, the book itself was published under the pseudonym Currer Bell, the initials taken from Brontë's own name, due to the fact that a book published by a woman was considered inferior, as it was deemed intellectually inferior to men . Emily Brontë, Charlotte's sister, was also forced to publish her most famous novel, Wuthering Heights, under the pen name Ellis Bell, again taking the initials of her name to form her own pseudonym. The novel is a political touchstone to illustrate the period in which it was written, and also acts as a critique of Victorian patriarchal society. Jane Eyre is narrated in the first person by Jane herself, looking into the past as she tells her story. Jane is clearly an intelligent person if she can remember such specific details from her childhood, looking back some thirty years later with such reflection. Throughout the first two chapters of "Jane E...... middle of paper..... . only a servant, because you do nothing for your maintenance. He was also told that “hit a young gentleman, the son of your benefactress!” Your young master. The servants respect the patriarchal Victorian society, even though it treats them so poorly. Brontë is trying to tell us that this system has been around for so long, that people consider it natural, and insists that it shouldn't be that way. According to Brontë, everyone should be equal. This novel was one of the most radical books of the Victorian era. He presented women as the equals of men. This showed that it was possible that men could even be worse than women, through John and Jane. He taught the Victorians never to judge a book by its cover. The novel would not have been as successful without the writing talent of Charlotte Brontë and without the literary processes used..