Monday, September 8, 2008
A Cinderella Story?: First Impressions of Jane Eyre
Jan Eyre is very much a Cinderella story. One lonely girl with no parents living with her evil aunt and wicked cousins; she is beaten, abused, and feels the ache of loneliness and the anger of being unwanted…Can someone scream “cliché”? I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, but must all stories like this be such a copycat? What’s going to happen next: the fairy godmother magically appears and whisks her away to find her one true love? I'm hoping that this does not end up being too fairytale like.
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Yet Hannah, I think it is originating from the poor orphaned girl which may seem disappointing, but as we have seen, I think she will make something of herself without her "true love" or prince or whatever. I feel that it starts in such a cliche way to make even more of a powerful statement as Jane grows up into an empowering woman. This is just my assumption.
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