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From the beginning of the book Jane has been trying to find independence. She has been trying to go agaist the unjust and common moral characteristics of the world and find her own moral conscience. She withstands her unfair benefactress and the unfair treatment she receives from everyone she encounters. Progressing throughout the novel, Jane develops her own moral consciousness and she starts to stand up to the things that are wrong. Through all the negativities and legal system, Jane fights to find her true love and gain power in independence. I believed it happened by faith that Jane finally gets married to Mr. Rochester, but that faith was influenced by Jane's will to find her true self and gain her independence from the normal society. Exactly how she says that many people are in a silent revolt against their lot, Jane is finally breaking free from that "lot" and the "society's rules" when she marries Mr. Rochester.
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I completely agree with you. I think that it's to many times when we let ourselves be stopped by the chains society casts on us. I from the beginning thought that Jane should stay with Mr.Rochester. Did you think she made the right choice when she left or did you think she made a mistake? In the end everything worked out for the best, but in life there are too little times to let everything rest on fate. Do you think society is the only thing that chains us? Aren't we ourselves our own chain? Had she left and never found Mr.Rochester she would have been miserable. Was it worth the risk to leave? While Jane was leaving because of what people might think, she also left because of her own beliefs. She chained herself. Do you think that had society not been a big influence at this time Jane would have stayed?
ReplyDeleteI do believe that Jane has grown as you say. She has finally stopped caring about what others think and has finally done as she chooses. She has come out of her shell and finally married the man of her dreams. Towards the end of the book she finally lets her thoughts speak to the world and breaks that chain. I think that if she didn't change then she would never have been an independent or a successful woman. If not she would have never finally gone and hunted down the love of her life, nor would she have left St. John to go back with Mr. Rochester. She probably would have been in India right now.
ReplyDeleteI like how you put that she is breaking free from all the chains when she decides to go ahead and be with Mr. Rochester. This is a really good start for your paper. I think that you should probably go into greater detail om how she withstands the treatment from all the people that she encounters, and that might help you in exponding upon how she finds her moral conscience, but overall I really like your start.
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