Thesis statement of this paper is “In Bronte's
time, outspoken and aggressive women were generally considered to be unacceptable
and unladylike.”
This paper gives necessary background:
・“Jane Eyre and Lucy Snowe hide the
passionate side of their personalities from the outside world.”
・“The aggressive and animalistic Bertha
Mason represents Jane's buried passion. Similarly, the mysterious nun
represents Lucy's repressed sexuality and serves as a reminder of her loneliness.”
・“The ideal woman was calm, quiet, and
submissive. Powerful women were often viewed as threatening.”
I think these are necessary because the
first information and the second information describe the situations of Bertha in
Jane Eyre and the nun in Villete. Also the third one is the ideal
of the woman in those days. It can be helpful to support the thesis.
The title of this paper gives the topic of
the paper and the title of the book. It does not give us the name of the
author.
1 comment:
This is another paper with an abstract. Papers with abstracts often don't give the thesis statement in quite the same way. Instead, the abstract sums up the contents of the paper. However, I don't think the main purpose of the paper is to show that “In Bronte's time, outspoken and aggressive women were generally considered to be unacceptable and unladylike.” I think the main point of this paper is to show that Villette is successful as a feminist work, while Jane Eyre is not. That idea is expressed in the abstract as:
"The conclusion ofLucy's story conveys an empowering feminist message in all the ways Jane's story does not."
This sentence is repeated at the end of the paper. I think that this is what the author wants to express. The central point of this paper is not that women who spoke out were considered unacceptable and unladylike. The central point is that Villette is a truly feminist novel, and Jane Eyre is not.
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