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It is a curious task to read Jane Eyre as a psychological investigation. The possibility unmistakably offers itself - it is made explicit in the text. The "Reader" cannot neglect such points as the heroine's constant and unusual awareness of her position in compa ....

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.... her story. The shocking account of that extreme terror and brutality she suffers from John and Mrs Reed (the book flung at her, shut up in the red-room) points out that the fountainhead of her emotional life is the experience of oppression. Yet, her little self is full of fiery energy (as one of the servants observed: "Did ever anybody see such a picture of passion!" ), which like a volcano erupts at times in the form of revolt against the "tyrants". It seems that the child's most burning question is what kind of role she plays in the Reed house: if young John is her "master", she consequently has to be a servant, yet, she is regarded less than a ....