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The Novel's Protagonist

English

Jane Eyre

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, physical illness, mental illness, bereavement or death, divorce, organ donation

What word do we use to describe the admirable main character of a story?

She is the admirable main character of the novel.

Why can Jane be described as the novel's eponymous heroine?

Why is Jane living with the Reeds at the start of the novel?

What are the names of Charlotte Brontë's sisters who died from tuberculosis?

What place does Brontë use for the setting of this novel?

Atmosphere refers to the mood of a particular place.

Atmosphere refers to the way that something looks.

She preferred the name Currer Bell to her own.

She recognised that people would be more likely to buy her novel if they thought it was written by a man.

Why did Brontë use the pseudonym Currer Bell?

Her sisters, Maria and Elizabeth, died from tuberculosis.

What terrible tragedy occurred when Brontë was a pupil at school?

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