A tinkler a.k.a. tinker is someone with a rough personality as well as appearance. Throughout the novel Charlotte Bronte sprinkles bits and pieces of cultural context whether its sayings and phrases from the time, or ideas that society may have had. Jane Eyre really sets the tone to describe the time period that the novel takes place.
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why is that so important to this particular novel? Why would Bronte be so particular as to make sure this is a work indicative of her contemporary setting and use such slang and such to help make it so?
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