Lowood School
E674773
Lowood School is the harsh charity boarding school attended by the young heroine in Charlotte Brontë’s novel "Jane Eyre."
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jane Eyre to Lowood School | 1 |
| Lowood School students | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
ⓘ
fictional school ⓘ |
| afterReformStatus |
better managed school
ⓘ
healthier institution ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Jane Eyre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedCharacterRole |
Helen Burns as Jane's friend
ⓘ
Jane Eyre as pupil ⓘ Miss Scatcherd as harsh teacher ⓘ Miss Temple as kind teacher ⓘ Mr. Brocklehurst as authoritarian manager ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
female education
ⓘ
religious hypocrisy ⓘ social class and charity ⓘ suffering and resilience ⓘ |
| attendedByCharacter |
Helen Burns
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jane Eyre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attendedByCharacter | Miss Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthorExperience | Charlotte Brontë NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryInFiction | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictedInMedium |
film adaptations of Jane Eyre
ⓘ
television adaptations of Jane Eyre ⓘ |
| governedByCharacter | Mr. Brocklehurst NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHead | Mr. Brocklehurst NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTeacher |
Miss Scatcherd
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Miss Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
harsh discipline
ⓘ
outbreak of typhus ⓘ poor living conditions ⓘ religious austerity ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
critique of Victorian charity schools
ⓘ
formative setting in Jane Eyre's childhood ⓘ |
| plotEvent |
Jane Eyre's moral and intellectual development
ⓘ
death of Helen Burns ⓘ reform of the school after typhus outbreak ⓘ |
| relatedWork | adaptations of Jane Eyre ⓘ |
| schoolGender | girls' school ⓘ |
| schoolType |
boarding school
ⓘ
charity school ⓘ |
| settingEraInFiction | early 19th century ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
institutional oppression
ⓘ
religious severity without charity ⓘ the hardships of orphaned girls ⓘ |
| timeInStory |
Jane Eyre's childhood years
ⓘ
period before Jane becomes a governess ⓘ |
| workAuthor | Charlotte Brontë NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1847 ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lowood School students