". . . I wished the result of my endeavours to be respectable, proper, en regle." (155)
En regle means "by the rule." In Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte has characters and the outside world trying to force Jane into a cookie cutter lifestyle. As a female in the early nineteenth century, she is expected to not to have her own opinion or ever to share with anyone how she is feeling. However, although Jane is considered a dependent women, she does have her own opinions and beliefs. She stands for many things that at this time were unheard of and frowned upon. Although Jane is expected to live life en regle she decides to fight for what she believes in.
Brontë, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. Peterborough, Ont: Broadview, 1999. Print.
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