Lowood School

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Lowood School is the harsh charity boarding school attended by the young heroine in Charlotte Brontë’s novel "Jane Eyre."

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Surface form Occurrences
Jane Eyre to Lowood School 1
Lowood School students 1

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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

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Helen Burns attendsSchool Lowood School
Jane Eyre (1983 TV serial) depicts Lowood School
Helen Burns diesAt Lowood School
Mr. Brocklehurst employer Lowood School
Mr. Brocklehurst enforcesPolicyOn Lowood School
this entity surface form: Lowood School students
Helen Burns fictionalLocation Lowood School
Mrs. Reed sends Lowood School
this entity surface form: Jane Eyre to Lowood School