'Jane Eyre’s Morality': A Kohlbergian Reading

Abstract

Classified as a bildungsroman novel, Brontë's Jane Eyre (1847) is a work of fiction which deals with the moral development of the main character as an essential ingredient of the genre. Jane's journey towards maturity and independence is a long rocky way that shapes her identity and finally harmonizes her with society. Through many stations in her journey, Jane has to make tough moral choices and decisions to obtain healthy moral reasoning. Thus, this paper is meant to trace the protagonist's moral development in the light of Lawrence Kohlberg's moral theory. Jane's journey starts when she is ten years old, and ends at the age of thirty. At the end of the novel, Jane is married and has a child aged ten. Her twenty-year-journey locates her in the three consecutive stages of moral development. Her twenty-year-journey locates her in the three consecutive stages of moral development. Depicting the influence of the main and minor characters in the novel, this paper seeks to illustrate how Jane develops a sense of moral reasoning and acts accordingly.

A Study on the Impact of Refugee Influx on the Agricultural Service, Systems and Products;

“…The Rohingya refugee crisis is affecting the agricultural system in the Teknaf region, but there is a lack of research-based understanding of the extent and status of the impact. However, in the case of understanding the impact of the Rohingya refugee influx, several studies have covered the environmental degradation and economic issues, but there needs to be more empirical research regarding the impact on agricultural systems and the host community 8,[14][15][16][17] . But so far no studies have focused on the impact on agricultural systems.…”