Rather than subverting the idea of female moral authority, I argue that Jane Eyre and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall reshape the idea to include the possibility for female agency and independence instead of self-sacrifice, whereas Wuthering Heights rejects the concept of moral authority as gendered. To paraphrase Virginia Woolf, modern readers often assume that Jane Eyre: An Autobiography, published in 1847 under the ridiculous pseudonym Currer Bell, will be old-fashioned and difficult to relate to, only to be astonished by a novel that largely feels as fresh and modern today as it did in the 19 th century. In doing so they navigate different perspectives on whether this ideal makes women submissive or empowered.
Through their portrayal of abusive, oppressive or otherwise problematic relationships, the Brontës explore how much influence a woman truly holds over a man’s behaviour. This thesis will examine to what extent these novels perpetuate the romanticised ideal of women as the moral and spiritual saviours of men.
If, however, attention instead turns to the sky as a spatial phenomenon, there is a considerable difference between the two novels, symptomatic of a greater. Read millions of eBooks and audiobooks on the web, iPad. Discussions of the sky in the Bronts’ works have tended to limit themselves to the weather, making Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights seem very similar to one another in this regard. The potential of female love to transform and redeem immoral male behaviour is a theme that can be seen in three novels: Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre (1847), Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights (1847), and Anne Brontë’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848). Read Wuthering Heights & Jane Eyre by Emily Bront,Charlotte Bront with a free trial. The Female Saviour: Marriage and Morality in Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Bachelor thesis | Engelse taal en cultuur (BA)
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