Charlotte Bronte, or "Currer Bell", wished to impart her beliefs through, Jane Eyre, upon the reader. Charlotte grew up in a time when women were meant to be docile, and when what would be sexism today, was the norm. Bronte resented the way women were treated during her time and used her novel to voice this. Bronte created an unconvetinional and headstrong heroine that held the same ideals as her in order to attempt to create sympathy within the reader. The over all character of the heroine provides an excellent example because she is a strong willed women resisting the sexist society around her.
In addition, to the feminist view, the author also tries to impart her strong religious ideals. Charlotte was a strict and religious women who follows the laws of her religion closely. In the novel, Jane falls deeply in love with Mr. Rochester and before their marriage can be consumated she learns he is already married to an insane women. She desires to marry him but does not because her religion will not allow it.
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Great answer; although your assertions are on-topic, you need to show me where Bell makes these claims in his/her prologue. What does he say specifically that lends credence to the fact that this novel has a feminist undertone? You're also arguing one too many things here. You don't complete the feminist argument before leaping into the religious one.
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