lthough feminism is evident for the reasoning of Brocklehurst, Maggie Berg states that " Lowood deprived its pupils of their female individuality because of their corporate identity as orphans."(48) This prudence towards the originality of Jane and the other students creates a level of stature that isn't respected by the higher authority of Lowood. The "custom" of feminism in the Victorian age is riddled by this status which Jane encounters while growing up as an orphan. "It is abundantly evident that women continued to rank as second-class citizens"(Norton 903) to men and Jane realizes this through her work as a governess. At Thornfield Jane realizes that there is a gender problem while subdued to her status underneath that of Rochester:"women feel that just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a constraint, two absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags. It is thoughtless to condemn then, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more then custom has pronounced necessary for their sex."(Bronte 129) Jane's sudden outburst is partially fueled by troubles with Rochester but mostly caused by her past of constant feminism. The time spent at Gateshead and Lowood gave her the experience of feminism and its qualities in status to which she couldn't relate to the Victorian attitude. Her understanding of the problem much associated with the Victorian age at Thornfield helps develop her self-fulfillment and homogeneity.Jane's strong authenticity is rivaled by relationships with those who express a Victorian aspect of mind rather than heart. This tension between Jane's purity and the humility of society is expressed by ...
