Is Jane Eyre the proto "white feminist" protagonist? How do we reconcile her desire to give more rights to a certain type of woman at the exclusion of others? (That type of women she advocates the advancement of being those like herself - white, native-born, religious, and conservative with money.)
Jane often compares herself positively to other women, emphasizing her pale skin and English-ness. She disparages the foreign French and German ladies Rochester had known before.
The incredibly racist treatment of Bertha being from Jamaica and being Creole in origin. Rochester marrying a beautiful and racially ambitious woman is treated like a curse on his house... that only Jane can fix ofc by usurping the position of wife and birthing a 100% Caucasian male heir.
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Is Jane Eyre the proto "white feminist" protagonist? How do we reconcile her desire to give more rights to a certain type of woman at the exclusion of others? (That type of women she advocates the advancement of being those like herself - white, native-born, religious, and conservative with money.)