Due Friday, June 22nd - Read "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë - Chapters 27-38 (end)
Please read Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, Chapters 27-38 (the end of the novel). In this blog space, please post questions for our class discussion. Use evidence from the text in your response.
Jane's major task in the novel is to reinvent the upper class and how they live. Rochester sought Jane for her freshness and purity which suggests that that is exactly what the upper class needs. What is it about Jane other than her purity that makes it somewhat easy for her to get across to someone as hardheaded as Rochester to the point where he changes his values and way of living?
It would seem that Mr Rochester has developed a kind of separation anxiety (especially since being acquainted with Jane), and would kick in during which he is separated from Jane for extended periods of time. The fact he had dressed like a fortune teller to see for himself if Jane does indeed like him, I'd argue that action speaks for itself. In one case, where Jane must leave Thornfield, Mr Rochester responds by going on the offensive and goes on by berating her with an onslaught of questions. "Of course: I told you-you should. I pass over the madness about parting from me. You mean you must become a part of me. As to the new existence, it is all right: you shall yet be my wife: I am not married...Why did you shake your head? Jane, you must be reasonable, or in truth, I shall again become frantic." (Ch. 27) As if trying to dissuade her from leaving him, it speaks for the fact that he’s secretly nervous for her underneath all that. I guess my question is, if at the end of the novel Jane Eyre's adventure ends with, "Reader, I married him." I wonder what finally made her say yes to marrying Mr Rochester?
so while finishing this book and looking at our final for this class i thought about something about Mr.Rochester if he had to defend his life would he move forward or not. you could make a argument for either side. did he lock away his wife out of fear or bravely? he said he could have sent her to a insane asylum but didn't out of respect for her but was too fearful to tell the truth to her brother mr mason. -Brodie
It seems like Jane didn’t want to marry until she felt she was equal to her spouse, but when she marries Mr. Rochester they do not seem to be equals. Mr. Rochester is dependent on Jane due to his disability. Are they equal?
Did mr Rochester’s disability make him equal to Jane; in her eyes? Like Sam said, she didn’t feel equal to him when they were to be married but his disability brought him down a couple pegs
Jane's major task in the novel is to reinvent the upper class and how they live. Rochester sought Jane for her freshness and purity which suggests that that is exactly what the upper class needs. What is it about Jane other than her purity that makes it somewhat easy for her to get across to someone as hardheaded as Rochester to the point where he changes his values and way of living?
ReplyDeleteDoes Rochester ever actually intend to marry Blanche Ingram? And if not, why would he do that to Jane knowing that will drive her away?
ReplyDeleteIt would seem that Mr Rochester has developed a kind of separation anxiety (especially since being acquainted with Jane), and would kick in during which he is separated from Jane for extended periods of time. The fact he had dressed like a fortune teller to see for himself if Jane does indeed like him, I'd argue that action speaks for itself. In one case, where Jane must leave Thornfield, Mr Rochester responds by going on the offensive and goes on by berating her with an onslaught of questions. "Of course: I told you-you should. I pass over the madness about parting from me. You mean you must become a part of me. As to the new existence, it is all right: you shall yet be my wife: I am not married...Why did you shake your head? Jane, you must be reasonable, or in truth, I shall again become frantic." (Ch. 27) As if trying to dissuade her from leaving him, it speaks for the fact that he’s secretly nervous for her underneath all that. I guess my question is, if at the end of the novel Jane Eyre's adventure ends with, "Reader, I married him." I wonder what finally made her say yes to marrying Mr Rochester?
ReplyDeleteso while finishing this book and looking at our final for this class i thought about something about Mr.Rochester if he had to defend his life would he move forward or not. you could make a argument for either side. did he lock away his wife out of fear or bravely? he said he could have sent her to a insane asylum but didn't out of respect for her but was too fearful to tell the truth to her brother mr mason. -Brodie
ReplyDeleteIt seems like Jane didn’t want to marry until she felt she was equal to her spouse, but when she marries Mr. Rochester they do not seem to be equals. Mr. Rochester is dependent on Jane due to his disability. Are they equal?
ReplyDeleteDid mr Rochester’s disability make him equal to Jane; in her eyes? Like Sam said, she didn’t feel equal to him when they were to be married but his disability brought him down a couple pegs
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