The fire brought them closer because Jane wished to see Mr Rochester after the fire and make sure he okay. She takes him much more as a close friend now because she realises what could have happened if she had not gone in there and saved him.
‘I both wished and feared to see Mr Rochester on the day which followed this sleepless night’
I think Jane feared to see him because she sees him in different light now. She saw him as a friend and employer before but now she sees him as something more. She seems him as a companion and she fears to see him because she feels s strongly about him. Jane now realises that Mr Rochester is very special to her and the fire has made her realise this.
When Mason became injured Jane had to accompany Mr Rochester. This could mean that Mr Rochester trusts Jane and is able to confide in her. He sees her, as the type of person that will keep his secrets safe and would never be disloyal.
‘You don’t turn sick at the sight of blood?’
I think Mr Rochester asks Jane this as he cares for her and does not want to make her afraid of anything.
‘I felt a thrill while I answered him’
The word thrill means that she is nervous but is also anxious, as she wants to know what the screams she heard where coming from. This could also mean that she enjoys speaking to him and she gets a sense of sheer delight when she speaks to him. This shows that Jane feels very close to Mr Rochester. When Mr Rochester and Jane enter the room, a man with a ‘pale and seemingly lifeless face’ was in great pain. Jane recognised him as Mason, a man that had been staying at the house for a while. Mr Rochester asked Jane to stay with him while he had to go out but left a message to Jane,
‘You will not speak to him on any pretext.’
This makes it seem as if Mr Rochester is hiding something that Mason knows about. He does not want Jane to speak to Mason because the reasons that mason is injured is obviously a result of Bertha. And Mr Rochester does not want anyone to know who has done it to him, just as he does not want any one to know the real matter for the screams. He spun a lie saying a
‘Servant has had a nightmare’
This was so that no servants would become frightened and it would create peace of mind. He told Jane the matter clearly showing that he trusts her but he is also still not confiding in her fully as he has not said whom the person is. He may not be telling Jane everything because he does not want her to become frightened and leave Thornfield. Although it could seem that he does not want to confide in her, in my opinion I think he would if he knew that Jane would not be driven away by the horrible facts of Thornfield. I think that he probably realises that she is only young and to tell all this to Jane would become to much for her to handle and she would not want to stay. After Jane has left the room Mr Rochester is very worried about her.
‘And it has made you look so pale-were you afraid when I left you alone with Mason?’
By this, it confirms that Mr Rochester was concerned about Jane when he was gone, and he did was not keen on leaving Jane alone with someone that was near death, but he had no choice as Jane was the only one he felt he could confide in and she was the only one out of all the servants he could really trust.
This experience has shown the reader that they have become closer, but I do not think that it is obvious to Jane and Mr Rochester. Jane does not realise that Mr Rochester has told her in confidence and in trust about Mason but she just thinks it was she, out of all the servants that he chose. I think that Mr Rochester believes that Jane has realised that he is doing it because he trusts her when she hasn’t.
Mr Rochester is very forward towards Jane for the time that this is written in. It would have been seen as inappropriate to say what Mr Rochester says to Jane. He acts as if he fell in love with her the moment he saw her.
‘When once I had pressed the frail shoulder, something new-a fresh sap and sense-stole into my frame.’
He is explaining the first time he met her as if she renewed him. He talks to her in a very confident way and he knows what he wants and will do anything to get it. He charms Jane by calling her sweet, sincere names although I am not sure Jane appreciates it.
‘Jane, my little darling (so I will call you for so you are)’
This is a nice, romantic comment but to say that in the period of time that they lived in it would be seen as very unsuitable to say this to a lady. He also has pet names for her. He calls her ‘fairy’, ‘imp’, ‘sprite’ and the most common that he uses is ‘Janet’. He uses the pet names because she is and younger then him. He is nearly twice her age. Although he is trying to be imaginary it could have really offended Jane. They are not really beneficial names and to use the name ‘Janet’ for a pet name is not very appealing and that is why Jane does not get excited about it. Mr Rochester’s intentions to win Jane’s heart are admirable but they are not romantic.
Their relationship is different to any other because Jane and Mr Rochester come from very different backgrounds. Jane comes from a background where she was treated badly, and where she was bullied. She went to an orphan school where children died from the bad conditions and she had to fight to survive. Her best friend, Helen, died and the only person that kept her going was her teacher. Mr Rochester has come from a background where he was privileged. He was in a rich society and could have had anything he wanted. He had travelled around and seen most of the world. The drastic differences in their backgrounds could have meant they had different views on everything and their personalities could have interfered with each other’s. This was not the case fortunately and Mr Rochester really understands Jane and what she went through when she was young. He is not the type of person to be rude to someone or blame him or her for something that has happened in the past.
‘He kissed me repeatedly,’
He obviously likes her because he kisses her where people can see them. That’s when Mrs Fairfax sees them. Jane describes the widow as ‘pale, graved and amazed.’ Mr Rochester is not worried about it but Jane is because she does not want to upset the lady who took her in.
The biggest experience that Jane has had to defeat is when she finds out about Bertha Rochester, Mr Rochester’s mad wife. This is a shock but also a relief to Jane because the strange going on’s in the house all make sense now. Jane describes her a ‘maniac.’
‘ This is my wife’
Says Mr Rochester when he takes Jane to see Bertha. He explains keeping her as a secret was like
‘Concealing the mad-woman's neighbourhood from you, however, was something like covering a child with a cloak and laying it down near a upas-tree’
Although Mr Rochester tries to keep Jane at Thornfield, the secrets that have been revealed are all too much for her and she decided to leave.
‘Leave Thornfield at once’
is what Jane’s mind told her to do, and even though she did have doubts about it, she eventually left and went and lived at Whitcross with St John. St John makes Jane realise that she loves Mr Rochester and she refuses St Johns proposal and returns to Thornfield to marry the man that she loves. St John makes her realise that because she does not like the idea of spending life with St John and she likes Mr Rochester far more. Jane prefers Mr Rochester because he respects her and her feelings.
When Jane returns to Thornfield she finds out that it has been burnt to the ground and Bertha has died in the blaze and Mr Rochester is blind.
‘You’ve hit it ma’am: it quite certain it was her’
Jane finds out all about Bertha setting Thornfield alight when she arrives there. Mr Rochester’s butler tells her.
‘I was the late Mr Rochester’s butler’
The word ‘late’ make Jane panics she thinks that he has dies in the fire of Thornfield. But the man is was Mr Rochester’s father’s butler. In the short time between the two speaking Jane must have been in terrible heartache. Even in that split second, to think that the man she loves is gone must have been terrible.
‘And, reader, do you think I feared him in his blind ferocity?--if you do, you little know me’
Jane loves Mr Rochester whether he is blind or not, and the fact that he is now crippled does not in the slightest chage her feelings for him.
‘Jane Eyre!-Jane Eyre’
This is what Mr Rochester said when Jane returned to his bedside. By the exclamation mark it shows that he was thrilled that she was back. It seems as if he thought she would never return and to have her there was such a pleasure for him.
‘Her very fingers! Her small, slight fingers! If so there must be more of her.’
He has been longing for this moment, and from it to come true is the most magnificent thing in the world.
To make things even better Jane is now an independent woman, and she does not have to feel guilty when the wealthy Mr Rochester wants to spend money on her. Now she is wealthy she can treat him too and she will not feel down for not being able to give him something in return.
In the end the pair get married and they did thus because all the experiences they have had to overcome have brought them so close together. To realise that the person you thought was just your employer is actually your soul mate must be a wonderful feeling but it took a prolonged time for it all to happen. The book ends where Jane and Mr Rochester had been married for 10 years.
‘I know what it is to live entirely for and with what I love best on earth.’
Meaning Mr Rochester Jane obviously adores him. She also says that the circumstances of him being blind may have brought them closer. When Mr Rochester regains his sight partially and can hold his son and be able to see him must have been an emotional moment for Jane. Mr Rochester and Jane are perfect for each other and the way their marriage has come about is a terrific story.