Feminist Criticism Feminist Criticism

• In certain time periods the world was so male dominated and people have tried to prove the hatred of women in these times. An example of this would be medicines given to both men and women, but they were only trialed on men, so women were exposed to these drugs where they might cause serious damage because their bodies are different than men's.

Gender(s), Power, and Marginalization Gender(s)

• Over time the differences between men and women have changed, the "what it means to be masculine and feminine".

Reader-Response Criticism Reader-Response

• Each person reads a novel with different backgrounds, opinions, views on life, and therefore can all lead to different takes on the novel.

JSTOR: Jane Eyre's Imagination JSTOR
Thesis: "The intense and varied imagining is at times undisciplined, unrelated to the novel's real imaginative logic: in this, as in other ways, the distinction between the narrator and the heroine begins to blur."

Tying the Knot in the Economic Warp of "Jane Eyre"
THESIS: "Often insightful, ambitious, strong, and forthright, Jane is also too ashamed, bitter, weak, and indirect to acknowledge that abhorrent economies of wedlock and happiness have corrupted her."