Document Type

Thesis

Degree

Bachelor of Arts in English

Advisor

Deborah J. Robinson, Ph.D.

Abstract

The evolutionary shift from the portrayal of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre in 1847 to J. K. Rowling’s Hermione Granger in 1997 reflects the change from an educational system that molds passive young women to one that frees females to pursue their own independence.

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