Wednesday, October 27, 2010
close to the end
Jane Eyre returns to Thornfield to see what has changed in her absence. She realizes that the house has burned down, Bertha commited suicide, and most surprising to her, Mr. Rochester is blind and without an arm. Jane Eyre visits Rochester in a house in the woods, and converses with him. I find it very surprising when i find out that Rochester proposes again, and Jane says yes. Only this time, they go forth with it. This is very surprising to me, because they have known each other for quite awhile in that stretch of time, so much had happened: good, bad, mysterious, confusing. At the very end, they still end up with each other. Considering the fact that Rochester is more than twice her age, he is blind, without an arm, and had a messed up history, Jane still loves her with all her heart. This even was truly unexpected for me.
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It is surprising! But I love it, it's so sweet how they ended up together. But they did go through a lot to get to where they are now. I'm just glad that Mr. Rochester and Jane can be happy now, even though Mr. Rochester is blind, Jane still loves him and he loves her. It is quite unexpected, but I love how it ended...but I would love it more if Mr. Rochester wasn't blind and arm-less but the fact that he is, it showa\s how much Jane really does love him.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the ending was unexpecting and somehow would end the same way a romantic movie would too also. But as we all know ANYTHING is possible if they are given a chance and nothing holds it or in this case them back. But I can understand Jane's decision for her to say yes because she loves Mr. Rochester because of his personality, not his now unattractive physical appearance. Looks don't last long but personality does.
ReplyDeleteI was not so surprised at the ending because most romantic novels end in a "happy ending"; if Jane were to meet someone such as Mr. Rochester in the novel that she has such strong feelings for, which won't go away, of course she is going to end up with him in the end -- you can't ignore true love. I just found it rather odd that she would only marry him after Bertha kills herself. What has really changed about Mr. Rochester's character that makes him more appealing? Just because he was married it doesn't mean he doesn't love Jane. His feelings were still the same for her in the end. I saw Jane's adventure to leave Thornfield and live in the Moor household as pointless. I am not saying that she has not learned anything new or has not experienced important events with St. John and his sisters, but fate would bring the two lovers back together in the end.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Sorry if I'm invading your group's post. My team won't post new blogs, so I can't comment on anything. Thanks.