DESCRIPTION OF GENDER ISSUES IN THE NOVELS OF CHARLOTTE BRONTE

Abstract

Annotation: As Charlotte Bronte gives a lot of attention to gender issues in her
novels, it is convenient to take a better look at the life of female in Victorian times.
Upper- and middle-class women were usually set apart from the commercial and
intellectual world. Female frame of mind and role in society in general was something
of significant interest to Charlotte Bronte, as she herself was a woman wanting to break
through the limitations of her era. Gender issues in the novels of Charlotte Bronte is
outlined in this article.