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Jane Eyre was published in the year when Queen was on the throne, thus the period is known as the era.
The novel is titled 'Jane Eyre, an , edited by '. Brontë published her work under this pseudonym to mask the fact that she was a as, at the time, a male author would have a broader audience than a female writer. When we consider the clear messages about gender equality, attitudes to women, and comments on social class, we can see why Brontë wanted as wide an audience for her text as possible.
As a female character, Jane the Victorian expectations of how a woman should think and behave. She is independent and ambitious and is not afraid to stand up to the men in her life. A clear example of this is when she refuses to marry because she does not love him. She also refuses to be bound by the Victorian standards of class, deeming herself worthy of marrying Mr Rochester despite the expectations of the time being that, as Mrs Fairfax says, ' of position and fortune is often advisable in such cases' (Chapter 24). Nevertheless, Jane also displays strict adherence to Victorian moral codes in her refusal to become Mr Rochester's mistress, preferring for them to be separated despite her deep love for him rather than to go against her own moral standards: 'Laws and are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour: stringent are they; inviolate they shall be' (Chapter 27).