A clear example of people being treated differently according to their social status is in the employment of Mr Lloyd. Mr Lloyd is an apothecary, and supplies the medicine (plays the role of a doctor) for the servants at the Reed residence. Mrs Reed herself and the rest of the Reed children employ " a physician" who would be the professional doctor. It is obvious that Mrs Reeds does not see the servants as worthy as having upperclass medical care, simply because they are of a lower class.
Bessie's song shows the significance in Jane's growth in maturity since leaving the red room. She states how before "they were a lively delight" but now hearing the song she realises the sombre meanings and truly understands that the lyrics "the poor orphan child" can be seen as Jane herself.
We learn that Jane's mother came from the Reed family, her uncles sister and was predominantly wealthy. However, she found love in the form of a poor clergyman (the Eyre heritage) and through marrying him was distanced and shamed by the Reed family, as to step down in class was seen as an atrocious act. Jane's father then contracted TB as did her mother leaving Jane orphaned and still distanced from the Reed family.
However Jane shares the same view as many Victorians did about social class, even though she resents the Reed family she would never let herself "belong to a poor family" "poverty looks grim", she still recognises her luck in residing with the upper classes.
The last piece of dialogue obviously promotes the idea that women will succeed higher in life if they are beautiful with "long curls and blue eyes" while a "little toad" like Jane could never succeed as she is plain to the eye. This suggests that women are entirely relying on their looks as a way to succeed, that they are entirely appearance and nothing else. A feminist would argue this as a poor representation of a woman, that Charlotte neglects to portray how a woman's intelligence or work could place her equally to a man etc
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