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Love in literature has been sometimes a dramatized emotion or sometimes a realistic gradual flow of feelings. Various authors have given their own definition of love. Love, that is known as the most beautiful of all the emotions has been painted sometimes white, sometimes red and at times green in literature. Novels and books leave it to the readers to decide the real definition of love. Charlotte Bronte's famous heroine Jane Eyre falls in love that is of the idealistic kind. The Bronte sisters themselves were believers in the idealistic kind of love therefore, it reflected in Charlotte Bronte's famous novel. Bronte displays Jane's love as eternally feminine in nature. Jane forgives her master even though he hides his marriage from her. Her love is full of mercy and sincere devotion as she decides to marry a man twice her own age. Bronte makes her readers aware that "love is mercy" and "love is devotion". Jane's love for her master plays a...

I wrote the comment about Fanny Price given below in response to the blog post written on a blog that was endorsing a course on Jane Austen. The poster apparently wrote some prejudiced comments about the heroine of Mansfield Park. The poster even glorified Henry Crawford and called him quite amiable. The worst part was that Jane Austen was accused of being unfair on his accounts. My response to the poster of that irresponsible and immature post is given below for those who wish to know the character of Fanny Price and Henry Crawford. "I think there is a reason to disagree with your knowledge of Fanny Price. Fanny is indeed a woman of intelligence, high principles and sweet temper. She is not passive but wise. Henry does not bend towards his negative side but towards his original side. Fanny is aware about his real nature which is non-acceptable to the woman of her caliber, intellect and strength. Edmund is her counterpart because he and Fanny share the same interests. His lov...