Gender Equality Reflected in Charlotte Bronte's Novel Jane Eyre (1848): A Feminist Analysis

This study is to find out the problems of women , patriarchal culture and the fight for gender equality as exposed in Charlott Bronte's novel. Feminism theories are still a favorite topic to discuss, whether it be in novels, films, or general discussions. If we are talking about emancipation, actually between women and men has the same portion. But in today's community perspective, men are entitled to more dominate in this social life. The aim of this research is to discuss about Feminist theory in a book tittled “Jane Eyre”. The character development is quite intense although there is no meaningful conflict, but it deserves to be listened to. This is probably the author trying to embed the reader sympathies for Eyre. The object of the study was Jane Eyre as the female protagonist in the book. Method in analyzing this book is using qualitative descriptive method. The writer used theory of feminism by Allison. M Jagar to analyze this book. In this theory, Ali mentions that in essence the gender equality between women and men has the same portion. Although in practice men are always considered superior to women. In this case such as gaps in terms of education, occupation or profession. In this study, the researcher tried to give the view that women can also excel in various ways, women are self-reliant, and women have the same level as men