“Think of his misery; think of his danger- look at his state when left alone; remember his headlong nature; consider the recklessness following on despair-soothe him; save him; love him; tell him you love him and will be his. Who in the world cares for you? Or who will be injured by what you do?” (322)
“I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.”(322)
Dear Jane,
You have just gone through something which none of us would like to ever go through. I understand that you are heart broken, confused, and full of emotions and despair and cannot think clearly. You are too confused and your thoughts are contradicting one another. However, Jane, you must cease all emotions from letting you take the right decision which in my opinion is to leave Mr. Rochester and forget about him once and for all. Your argument for maybe staying with him is that no one else in the world cares for you, but the thing is that you have not met everyone in the world and there would be plenty of other kind and caring gentlemen who would love to show you their love. However, If you stay at Thornfield you will never find these others. You also ask yourself who will be injured by what you do, and even though you may not care about it, that person is you. You are a woman that respects herself a lot, done let that go down by staying with a man who only wanted to use you. Jane, keep your respect, pride, and heart from being broken any more by taking your own advice which you have been putting at the back of your head and flee from Rochester. Take the first steps into the unknown road to find something better, as shown in this image taken by Vincepal on flickr.com. However, before you leave, i suggest you follow the advice given by Arof on how to leave properly.
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I agree with what you are saying in some ways, but I also believe that she should view all of her options before she decides to leave. These are the questions that she should be asking herself: how long will I survive with the little bit of money that I have; what if something goes wrong; where am I going to live; etc.? She should also wait to see what Mr. Rochester has to say for himself out of respect, because he told such a painful lie that would probably effect Jane her whole life.
ReplyDeleteErika, doesn't she give Mr. Rochester a chance to explain himself? What does she learn from this conversation after she discovers him outside her bedroom door?
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