bashful

This love that Jane has waited for for so long is finally within her grasp. The pain she has put herself through could easily come to an end…but she won’t take hold. At first, possibly, the shock of the proposal shuts Jane out from accepting Rochester’s admittance to love. She was not expecting him to ever come out with his true feelings towards her. When a month has passed and she is well warmed up to the idea of being his bride she is direct in the ways she wants to be treated. Is Jane afraid of loving? Is she afraid of doing something she is not used to doing? This idea of love is so foreign to her. Never has anyone truly loved Jane and before Rochester she never loved anyone either. Her only true love was in Helen, her friend, that died not long after a true friendship was built. This love seems to scare Jane away. She constantly admits her love for her future husband but the sudden change in lifestyle seems intimidating and unrealistic. In the tone of the novel I can almost feel a shudder when she hears the name Mrs. Rochester. It also seems as though her love may grow. She has set right her boundaries with Rochester and they simply seem to amuse him. Her frankness comes across as almost rude but Rochester takes no notice and is infatuated by her presence. He is not phased by the fact that this is going against normality. He is not marrying a beauty, but to him this marriage is for love. That is what he is looking for. I can’t decide if Rochester will accept Jane’s unwillingness to conform. She does not want to wear dresses and wear fancy jewelry. If she does this will not be the Jane that he fell in love with. The love has swept both of them off of their feet and thrown them into a whirlwind, neither one knowing what to expect.