How does the following representative quotation from Brontë’s Jane Eyre reflect on Victorian social conventions? “You have nothing to do with the master of Thornfield, further than to receive the salary he gives you for teaching his protégée, and to be grateful for such respectful and kind treatment as, if you do your duty, you have a right to expect at his hands”?
AIt reiterates the class divisions that kept both men and women from social mobility.
BIt reveals the stern consequences of the Industrial Revolution.
CIt suggests that women were increasingly accepted as professionals.
DIt indicates that British society had become much more egalitarian.
Correct answer
A. It reiterates the class divisions that kept both men and women from social mobility.
Explanation
The correct answer is It reiterates the class divisions that kept both men and women from social mobility..