Parody

Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre: Parody 1 key example

Definition of Parody

A parody is a work that mimics the style of another work, artist, or genre in an exaggerated way, usually for comic effect. Parodies can take many forms, including fiction... read full definition
A parody is a work that mimics the style of another work, artist, or genre in an exaggerated way, usually for comic effect. Parodies can... read full definition
A parody is a work that mimics the style of another work, artist, or genre in an exaggerated way, usually... read full definition
Chapter 12
Explanation and Analysis—Marriage Plot:

Jane Eyre has a complicated relationship to the marriage plot, both leaning on it for Jane's happy ending and darkly parodying it as the only option available to women. Chapter 38, the final chapter of the novel, opens with a hotly-debated line:

Reader, I married him.

Chapter 38
Explanation and Analysis—Marriage Plot:

Jane Eyre has a complicated relationship to the marriage plot, both leaning on it for Jane's happy ending and darkly parodying it as the only option available to women. Chapter 38, the final chapter of the novel, opens with a hotly-debated line:

Reader, I married him.

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