Thursday, September 25, 2008

Love and reality!

I am seemingly starting to see a change in Jane’s attitude. The usual rebellion and passion she has appears to dwindle when living with Mr. Rivers. It almost is like he has some sort of magical power of her. Jane reasons with his thoughts, and seemingly will do anything he asks of her. This does not seem like Jane’s character at all. I almost believe she is doing this out of yearning to know the unknown. My meaning in this is that Jane does not quite fully understand Mr. Rivers or his inner being. It almost seems as if Jane has an infatuation with him. That seems perverse now that he is a relative, but in the way she conducts herself with him, it seems my thought could be argued correct. However, at the same time, she still wants to know what has become of Mr. Rochester! Her letters she has written with no reply only deepen her curiosity and heartache. The relationship between Mr. Rochester and Jane once again seems like a never ending circle of confusion. Even though their goodbyes were agreed in words, I do not think that there hearts were in it. Especially Jane’s heart, I felt was very hurt from such a simple goodbye. Her heart still loves Mr. Rochester, but at the same time, it is stuck in between a cruel reality and a passionate make believe world. For Jane to even conceive of the thought of Mr. Rochester, kindles her love for him. Though, at the same time she can’t do anything about it and is still stuck in reality. Thus Jane then resorts to and lets her more gentle emotions get the best of her. Such an emotional state of Jane seems so unlike her strong character, letting a man destroy her in such a way.

1 comment:

Maddie Crowell said...

Totally agree with how you feel about Jane's actions with St. John. Why is she so compliant. I hate how her true character is overshadow by the "magical power" he seems to have over her. Nice post.