Happily Ever After?

This book was never meant to be happily ever after. Rochester denied Jane when she was a governess and treated her as nothing more. She continued to love him even as he courted Miss Ingram for marriage. She watched and waited for Rochester to realize that they were truly "equals" and were on the same tier of knowledge. But once that did occur and Rochester confessed his love, asked her to marry him, and plan a wedding, chaos broke out. Rochester has another wife, Jane is hurt, and she leaves him. Jane ends up sleeping outside without money for food. As soon as St. John takes her in, they find out they are cousins, she gets a new job, and everything is perfect, another disaster happens. Jane is contacted through a letter and it re-kindles her love and longing for Rochester. Furthermore, Jane's cousin wants to marry her! Since when was incest appropriate? Now that Jane is at an all time low, she leaves again. This proves to me that Jane is not as strong as she acts. She puts on a tough face, while deep down she is hurt on the inside. Ever since her childhood she has been through a ton and not dealt with it in the most mature ways. She continually runs away from her problems instead of solving them. But then comes along the fairytale ending. Jane and Rochester in love and married again. Yes, it is not the typical happily ever after finale, but close enough. Maybe the romance aspect of this novel compelled Bronte to end it is such a sappy way.