... question. By leaving Rochester, she leaves a free spirit and the image of an independent woman. You could argue that her return to Mr. Rochester is a collapse of will, proving that a woman of the Victorian era inevitably required a man to get by in life. I object to this view. Soon after leaving Thornfield, Jane is confronted by St. John Rivers, whom with she stays for a while, ... pair eventually wed, and, once again, our protagonist finds herself accused by a modern audience of 'giving into marriage' after over five hundred pages of confident unconventionality. Despite the powerfu...

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