To fully know one’s self and to be able to completely understand and interpret all actions and experiences one goes through is difficult enough. However, analyzing and interpreting the thoughts and feelings of another human being is in itself on an entirely different level. In the novel Jane Eyre, its namesake makes a decision to reject her one true love in favor of moral decency. Certain aspects of the novel discredit the validity of Jane’s choice.
The truthfulness of Jane’s reason to leave Mr. Rochester can be questioned because Jane Eyre narrates the novel herself. She therefore, can exaggerate or warp any details in regard to her feelings at any present time in the past, as well as her true intentions or fears. At several points in the book Jane chooses to avoid going into detail because the subject is too painful or would be of no interest to the reader. Such painful memories may have an influence on her development as a child and would give further insight into her personality, weaknesses and strength.
Although Jane has a stringent moral Christian upbringing, she has a great deal of pride and cares about the opinions of others around her. When walking from house to house begging for food from strangers, she has a great deal of loathing for herself. She also admits that if she saw someone in a similar situation to herself, she would treat her the exact same way as the people of the hamlet treat her. The pride that Jane carries with her might influence her as she tells her tale. She may change details in order to seem more pious or more proper. Jane has reached a blissful state in finding the love of her employer Mr.
The Term Paper on Pride and Prejudice- Jane Austen and Letters to Alice- Fay Weldon
... who is described as “politeness warred with desperation”. Weldon details the unions between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy to be ... two generations, and interpreting the changing facets of matrimony. In Jane Austen’s period, marriage was a necessity rather than a ... the eccentric unions of matrimony between Elizabeth and Darcy or Jane and Bingley. These marriages occur, despite the authorative Lady ...
Rochester. Unfortunately he has a wife in a deranged woman who lives in the attic, where she is tend by a strange, jinn drinking servant. Despite the strange circumstances surrounding the marriage, Jane chooses to end her life a Thorn field Manor and flee through the country side. She claims that the reason she leaves her true love is that their marriage would be one that would go against God.
Mr. Rochester is already spoken for. The possibility of him as an acceptable husband is slim. He admits he lied to Jane and attempted to become a “polygamist”, but he appeals to her sense of reason asking how an insane animal could be his wife. Still she… The rest of the paper is available free of charge to our registered users.
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