genre

Question 1

what is a bildungsroman

Answer 1

coming of age
implies that Jane Eyre is a novel of a growth of a character over multiple of stages in their life. During Jane Eye we learn Jane’s internal and external conflicts at different stages of her life at different geological settings. This allows us, as the reader, to track her distinct development with how she tackles these conflicts.

Furthermore the bildungsroman shows how Bronte as challenging gender roles as she is showing the reader that a woman’s development is as important as a man.
“Reader I married him”

Question 2

what does the romance genre imply

Answer 2

Romance
It is unusual for a novel to be written in a first person female perspective especially a one that describes the narrators feelings so intensively.

Mr R is not what you would describe as good looking with dark features, heavy brow, stern face he is what you would consider a Byronic hero. A Byronic hero implies Mr R is flawed, passionate, mysterious and by depicting him like this would immediately imply that Jane would be attracted to him

Typical characteristics of a Romance genre are that two people fall in love, there is an obstacle, they over come the obstacle and live happily ever after. In the case of Jane Eyre, the obstacle is Bertha

Question 3

what does the gothic genre imply

Answer 3

Typically, in the gothic genre there is a virtuous heroine (Jane) and a murderous villainous (Bertha)