Jane Eyre
Love makes people do crazy things sometimes, and in Charlotte Bronte’s novel Jane Eyre, Jane herself shows an excellent example of this. Her sense of independence greatly affects the love and relationships she shares with Mr. Edward Rochester and St. John Rivers. Growing up in the Reed household amongst cousins who treat her like dirt, Jane develops an excellent sense of independence. It deepens when she is shipped off to attend the Lowood charity boarding school. This renowned independence prompts her to leave Lowood and seek the job of a governess somewhere else. There she meets Edward Rochester, and almost immediately falls in love. After finding out a deep dark secret about Mr. Rochester, Jane is forced to once again leave the place she called home and move on in life. She then meets St. John Rivers, a missionary for God who says he loves Jane, but honestly only wants her to be a missionary on his voyage to tell the world about Jesus Christ. The dependence Jane has upon herself helps her gain the courage to leave St. John Rivers and Whitcross and to find her one true love – Mr. Rochester. Ever since she could remember, Jane has lived with her Aunt Reed, and her cousins Georgiana, Eliza, and John. All of them tre
Jane spends all money she has to take a coach as far away from Thornfield as possible. When she arrives at Whitcross, she realizes she has left all of her belongings in the coach. After numerous disappointing happenings at Whitcross, Jane ends up on the front porch of St. John Rivers. He shelters her in from the stormy weather outside. This missionary minister professes his love for Jane, although he does not truly love her, as Jane very well knows. He wishes her to be his partner on his journey to tell the world of God and Jesus Christ and the Bible. Jane agrees to go as a friend, but nothing more. St. John states that it would only be right in the eyes of God if they are married. When Jane says no, he replies that she is not hurting him, she is hurting her relationship with God. After Jane declares that she does not wish to marry St. John and she “never shall marry” (370), she leaves Whitcross in search of her beloved Mr. Rochester. Jane rushes to him when she finally finds out that he is now living at Ferndean, after a fire has destroyed Thornfield hall. Upon declaring that now she is “an independent woman” (416) and her “own mistress” (416), Mr. Rochester proposes marriage, saying that Jane is the one he loves best. Because of the fire, Mr. Rochester lost one eye, is blin
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Approximate Word count = 880
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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