![]() ² "I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience." ![]() And that's what left my now-closer-to-thirty-than-twenty self very satisfied and, quite frankly, rather impressed.² ¹ (view spoiler) Or you can view this as an story of formation of a strong and independent female protagonist, a nineteenth-century feminist, light-years ahead of its time. ![]() That's what I did at age 13 - but that's why I was left disappointed back then¹. Yes, I suppose you can view this book mostly as a love story. And that's what left my now-closer-to-thirty-than-twenty self very satisfied and, quite frankly, rather impressed.² ¹ (view spoiler) [The guy kept his wife in the attic. Had Rochester's wife been alive, I think she would have seen Rochester one last time, and been able to say goodbye and put things behind her.Īs it was, with him hurt the way he was, and with his love for Jane and understanding of how he hurt her and messed up, it was then possible for them to move forward together. I don't think she went back at all to pursue a relationship with him, only to acknowledge what was between them and see what was next for her in her life - whether that was something at Thornfield Hall or saying goodbye to that place forever. It's important to remember that she had no clue his wife was dead, no clue about the fire. Rochester, whether it was to tell him goodbye one last time or to try and make amends. John, she realized that now she was strong enough to face Mr. So that when she realized it was not her path to go with St. John as his wife and be honest with her feelings, she was more in tune with her intuition. ![]() Rochester, and after realizing that she could not go with St. I like to think that her experience of hearing him calling to her was a kind of intuition - and that after learning more about herself away from Mr. ![]()
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