an society. Jane was often "roused to something like passion" when she was younger. This was evident in her confrontation with John Reed; "You are like a murderer - you are like a slave-driver". Women, let-alone young girls, in Victorian society, did not usually exhibit such anger. Bront believed that the expression of women's emotions was crucial.Bront's belief that women have as much right as men to explore their emotions and not repress them, was evident in the binary opposition between the characters, Blanche and Jane. Jane refused to suppress her emotions and had an innate desire to show those who oppressed her how she felt. Bront instilled a belief in Jane that defied society which stated that "it is far better to endure patiently a smart which nobody feels but yourself," as expressed by Helen Burns. Bront adhered to the notion that women, like men, should not "suffer from too rigid a restraint," in regard to their emotions. Blanche was passionless, "truth and tenderness were not in her" - she was the opposite of Jane. She acted like Adel; superficial, and much like a porcelain doll, pretty to look at but empty inside.Bront endorsed the view that a woman was not "a machine without feelings". A woman in Victorian society, who was not "as brilliant as her jewels", experienced life "without one bit of love or kindness". This was a factor which Bront believed might have led to the "silent revolt" of women against Victorian society. The Chartist movement of the time was one when middle class people fought for political representation and the ability to move up the social ladder. This desire for liberty also impacted on women, due to their status as an oppressed social class.Bront also seems to believe that women need "to do more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex," a belief which meant that she wanted women to defy the customs that they had been enduring and do what they believed was best for them. Bront m...
