- The podcast gives a deeper insight into Charlotte Bronte's personal life.
- The voices on podcast seemed informed and had new views to share with listeners.
- Readers/listeners can understand Jane Eyre better after listening and learn about the similarities between the novel and Bronte herself.
Cons:
- The podcast became confusing towards the end.
- Discussed things other than book and got off track.
- Became easily boring and more informative than entertaining.
What I found interesting:
In the podcast, it was continuously repeated about Bronte's choice to emphasize Jane's plainness and the connection between the author and the character, and how Bronte used this to her advantage:
As read in the novel, looks and appearance are discussed thoroughly in the story by many different characters. It was mentioned during the podcast that Bronte herself could be seen 'average' or plain, and the fact her and Jane also had similar looks makes me wonder about how Bronte could've used her work for a much bigger purpose than to portray herself.
Bronte fuses her reality into Jane Eyre to platform many different views on her mind. Feminism, for example. A woman like Jane standing up for herself in that time period was almost unheard of, but Bronte proved it possible (even if just in literature). Through Jane's looks and lifestyle, Bronte was able to put herself in the spotlight and voice issues on her mind.
Overall, in physical looks and circumstances, Jane and Bronte can be compared to one another closely, and this is perhaps planned by Bronte herself. To use her own female lead as a gateway to express her views was clever and did a tremendous amount of advocating for women in the years to come.
I think this is so true. Bronte really did start a movement of sorts (slowly but surely). Think of today, we have so many acts of feminism and have had then throughout the last century. I´m not saying that Bronte was the only creator of this idea of women independence, but she certainly must have sparked this idea in the hearts of women and men alike who read Jane Eyre in the Victorian Era. --Lillie Bowman
ReplyDeleteA thought that I had - in the book, people are often described by what they're wearing. Maybe this is a result of Jane's insecurities about how plain she views herself? She was surprised to find that Mr. Rochester loved her, and when she did, she thought about why he would choose her.
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