Thursday, September 25, 2008
Conclusion...Jane is satisfied
So I don’t really know what to say about the end of the book. I loved the entire story. Everything melted together perfectly…the story was truly enchanting. One thing that greatly stood out to me was Jane’s personal strength and perseverance. Not only was she a strong woman, sticking out from conventionality of the times, but she knew it. She was powerful and self determined to follow in the path she wanted to go in. Not at all times did she know this path, but her life unfolded before her eyes just as she needed it to. She never looked too far into the future or too far back into the past, she lived life moment by moment. I admire Jane for this courage. Even though Jane continuosly ran away from her different lives she found, the life she chased for the longest time and the life that constantly lived in her heart was the one she concluded with. This conclusion was powerful in Jane knowing what she wanted. Not only was her love for Rochester present, but her love for herself and life was very clear. The end of the novel was full of passion and love. The change of tone was very powerful. My admiration for Jane will live on.
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How do these qualities of "personal strength and perseverance" ultimately aid Jane (and, by extension, Bronte) in her search to accommodate a distinctly feminist brand of independence within the traditional context of marriage? This might, in the end, be what the book is really about. What has to happen (to both Jane and Rochester) in order for things to "meld" together so perfectly? Could you, in your essay, make the case that Bronte is presenting a new set of prerequisites for a "perfect" marriage, and then explore what those are?
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