“I am very happy, Jane; and when you hear that I am dead, you must be sure and not grieve: there is nothing to grieve about.”
This scene takes part in Helen’s bed, and is a very touching scene of the two girls bonding. The scene is clam and relaxed. By using long sentences, you can get a feel that Helen’s voice is soft, and that there is there are no interruptions. Helen goes on later to say,
“I have only a father, and he is lately married, and will not miss me. By dying young, I shall escape great sufferings. I had not qualities or talents to make my way very well in the world: I should have been continually at fault”
Jane and Helen have something in common here. The girls both have the sense that their families don’t love them and that they are in life on their own. But, now they have found each other, the girls are comforted that they are not the only ones.
Helen has her own beliefs and opinions too.
“…my Maker and yours, who will never destroy what He created. I rely implicitly on His power, and confide wholly in His goodness…”
This is a very interesting point. It shows a way that Jane can get in touch with someone, someone she has never had before. Her encounter with Helen shows her that she is capable of friendship and of being needed.
Teachers were very hard on her and discipline was a big factor of her new school, Thornfield. Jane didn’t have a good relationship with the teachers in her early age because she stood up for what she believed in. She showed that she wasn’t afraid to stand up to the teachers on more than one occasion.
Jane then escapes to take up a position as governess to young Mr Rochester. Jane stays working for the young ward, Mr Rochester and Thornfield Hall for a while not knowing that his unmentioned crazed wife lives up in the attic.
If the information wasn’t given, how long could Mr Rochester keep the secret? Why does this affect Jane’s fate? The well prepared lady who has been brought up and is independent anyway in her personality.
Jane then moves and spends time with the Rivers family. She widens her capability to subsist on her own and to know her own mind. Jane goes on to denying a proposal from St John because she doesn’t love him. It is not long before Jane decides to go back to Mr Rochester.
Is Mr Rochester being malicious by keeping his wife in the attic? In the 18th century, when the book was written, people didn’t no how to treat a disabled family member or a friend. They were just hidden away from the world. But, Mr Rochester doesn’t tell Jane this and carries on marrying her. It is only when they both are in the church to get married that the truth comes to Mr Rochester to finally tell her. It didn’t go Mr Rochester’s way on the day of the wedding. The wedding failed at Thornfield, the secret was out and Jane had many mixed emotions running through her head.
The man she has opened her life two has not told his life true. In the few people Jane has let her life into; the most important has not told her that he is married. To be married is all that Jane wants too.
To Jane, is it any wonder that Jane turns back to Mr Rochester, does she love this man so much that she’ll stay with him through thick and thin, or is Jane changing against what she used to do. The way of life she has been taught and the way by which she lives she is now changing. Is she settling down with Mr Rochester as second best? She hasn’t got what she’s wanted from life and all these events in her cocktail of a life have changed her fate.
Jane is desperate for change, and Jane’s experiences when she leaves Thornfield further contribute to her ultimate fate. She moves and meets st John. Her decision to leave and make her own way in life further enhances her determined and independent nature .The proposal which she receives from st john also emphasises that she knows what she wants. The proposal wakes Jane up to the truth. She realise that st John is not the person in her life .She does not accept and returns to the only man she can ever love – Mr Rochester.
Jane’s life is changed by the actions and events that change her over the years. Jane goes back to Mr Rochester in a confused state. She realises that it’s the right decision to follow her normally hidden thoughts for once. She loves Mr Rochester for what he is. They are similar because they are both outsiders who finally find their soul mate. Some time after that Mr Rochester gets his sight back and the story ends favourably for the both of them.
