The Angel in the Home. The feminist light and dark of Jane Eyre in our times

Abstract

Jane Eyre is considered the first feminist novel in history. Written by Charlotte Brontë, it narrates the life of a girl separated from her family and the internal struggle that she has over gender equality. In this academic research, a study is carried out on the feminism present in the novel. By knowing the author's biography and the context of the novel, it can be seen how the values and thoughts of women have endured through the years. The main objective of this work has been to analyze the work from a feminine point of view and to see how all the topics covered in the novel, and the thoughts of the characters can be compared to those contemporary women. Thanks to the analysis carried out, there are many similarities in society, since many of the wishes of women who lived in the 19th century continue to be reflected today. Several authors such as Hoyos (2016) or Iglesias-Rodríguez (2017) have treated Jane Eyre 's feminine point of view as something necessary for our society, considering the main character of the novel, Jane Eyre, as someone ahead of her time and who has been very necessary and a fundamental piece for the feminist movement that we are living today.