How are women presented in the 19th century novel?

E.g from Jane Eyre....Charlotte Bronte depicts women as complicated and at times unconventional characters who both conform to, and subvert Victorian patriarchal norms. The norms to which I reference include the 19th Century convention that saw women treated as second-class citizens to be controlled by the men around them. For example, Bertha's imprisonment arguably embodies patriarchal dominion over the female, she is literally locked up by patriarchy (Rochester) for her unruly passions and her crazed "demonic laugh". Rochester and Bertha's marriage is founded on misguided passion ruling their actions and thus his will to imprison her [Bertha] to the Red Room can be interpreted as Rochester's - and by extension the Victorian males' - efforts to suppress 'immoral' passion which is disruptive to 'moral' societal order. Nonetheless, one can argue that the subliminal chaos which ensues once Jane arrives at Thornfield thwarts Rochester/ patriarchy's attempts to suppress passionate disorder, leading to Jane's misinterpretation of events which interrupts her governess duty. Moreover, Jane, the protagonist is characterised by her 'plain' looks and desire to find a passionate love. However, it is her moral compass which ultimately dictates her journey as she overlooks the unpredictability of a Mission to stay at Thornfield. The novel's resolution may suggest that Bronte is commentating on the pervading fashion of women succumbing to a conventional marriage, however it is the terms of this partnership, negotiated by Jane's actions, that make her atypical to the norm. The transformation of power occurs in Chapter 27, and Jane becomes the partner with power rather than Rochester; a dynamic which was unprecedented in the Victorian era. Despite Rochester demonstrating his physical dominance over Jane, - he tells her that he could 'bend her' using only his 'finger and thumb', his desperate pleas for Jane to '"hear reason" implies that she is the one with the emotional power in the relationship. Moreover, by not allowing herself to marry Rochester until he is blind and she is financially independent, Jane resets the power dynamic to that of one in which they are equally emotionally, physically and financially 'dependent' on each other.