Female Gothic

Friendships between women always seem to be important at first in these stories. They se friendship at first sight, and begin doing everything together. In the end they seem to always get betrayed by these friends or a man comes in between them. Some friendships are never to be made from the jealousy of a man between the two women. In Jane Eyer the lady constanlty discounts governances because she sees Rochesters liking and taking interest in Jane. In Lois the Witch the once thought family becomes her accusers especially Prudence. Mannaseh seems a little crazy and says Lois may be a witch but should not be held accountable for it. He is the only one that gives hear any direct comfort. You see and the story kind of gives you hope that the cinderella story will unfold in Losi the Witch when she talks about Hugh Lucy twoard the end. She is hoping he will come save her, but as we found out he was too late. This not they typical Cindarella story, but still has many of the same features. In Northanger Abbey she ens up marrying Mr. Tilney in the end, even though she is not rich, and does not meet his father's criteria. He seems to hypothetically save her from John Thorpe, who is not a gentleman, or knoght in shining armour per se. In Jane Eyer i can already predict that Rochester will fall for her even more and they will mary or something to that nature. In a sense he has already saved her from the orphange boarding and given her a new life.

I see several prejudices in Lois the Witch. At the beginning they speak if how the French/Canadians hate the Americans and are known to hire pirates and even kill. Also it speaks of the American Indians in the beginning when the boy kills the one behind the tree, and how they are very dangerous. There is also a lot of prejudice twoard Lois as they keep saying "English Girl" through out the story. This may of given them even the more reason to call her a witch, because she is not one of them.

Women who speak there mind are often thought of as trash or witches as in Lois the Witch and Jane Eyer. They believe it is improper for a woman to say how she really feels and that men have some sort of authority on the decisions they make. If not they are shunned and as in Lois the Witch gave them another reason to convict her of being a witch. In Jane Eyer even though Rochester is falling for her, he calls her a Witch whenever she speaks her mind, and when she was in his way at the beginning.