Jane`s struggle with equally is apparent from the moment she leaves Rochester and attempts to find a new household. Her struggle in these chapters extends greatly to her physically struggling. Jane, although claims she has been on her own, has never actually been on her own. Bronte always pairs Jane with a caretaker of sorts and thus Jane really never has to find food, shelter or clothing; however, in these chapters she is left to find these items and because she has such a difficulty almost dies from the experience. Bronte puts Jane into this physical struggle to contrast the social equality struggle that Jane is constantly battling. Bronte then combines the two when Jane is looking for a job as an “exhaustive beggar” and thus Jane is denied multiple jobs because she is a women. The Oliver’s will not even consider women for their Job and thus Jane battles equality there. Yet, when Jane meets Diane and Mary Rivers they are both educated governesses and put them on par with Jane. Bronte makes both Diane and Mary be governesses to bring attention to the idea of the limited amount of jobs women can have as well as to show that Jane is not satisfied with the status quo of what social level of women in her society.
A equality struggle can be seen when Mr.Rochester and Jane is going to marry. Rochester suggests to go clothes shopping with her and during their journey, many extraordinary items are presented to her like silk dresses, pearls, and necklaces as a gift. However, she constantly denies these things. She states that she feels 'out of place' and that Jane is not 'Jane" anymore. This illustrates that she cannot simply cross the boundary of social class so easily. The reader can especially see this when she gains the idea of asking her Uncle to adopt her so that her social class system will be higher than the present which enable her to marry Mr.Rochester more easily.
Jane struggles with equality in this chapters physically just as mentioned by Trace. In the previous chapters she struggled more internally and mentally to find equality but Bronte changes these ideas in the following chapters. Jane can be seen a character with mental strengths as she has become and been a governess for quite some time however, she still lacks physically to her mental state. These chapters about finding her own physical state you can see in the beginning of these chapters when Rochester begins the marriage process she did not want fancy things in life like pearls, silk dresses and necklaces she wants none. She wants to stand her own and thats why after seeing Bertha she leaves because Jane does not want to physically become what Bertha has so she runs and leaves Thornfield. This is where Bronte changes Jane in a feeble women and you can see clear issues and she becomes exhausted and nearly to the point of death. She wants to feed knowledge to know she can physically stand up and this is what the two governesses she meets do Diane and Mary. This is really important because when she was on the streets it showed how little female stature like that was looked and without some assistance she struggles on her feet physically. This is how Bronte shows equality issues the divide in the social ideas and how that causes Jane to become extremely physically exhausted and she is always looking for that physically need to become the powerful human she believes she can be.
Jane shows how she struggles with equality. All she has ever known in her life is a the poor side or the lower class status. When she is preparing to get married to Rochester, she is basically leaving her old way of life which is unknown to her. It could be a frightening moment for Jane because she is going out of her own ways to try to fit into something new. We see how Jane goes away from the luxury life should could've been in when she leaves Thornfield. Bronte then uses Jane's social status and gender to really show how Jane is at a very unstable point. Since the gap between Jane and Rochester's status is great, the thought of equality is hard to fathom.
Jane's struggle with equality can be seen most abundantly in her refusal to marry Rochester. Jane feels if they were to marry, she would be in debt to Rochester. She does not want this. Jane wants to marry on her own terms and does not want to feel like she owes anything to anybody. Jane thinks that if she marries Rochester she will feel oppressed. I think, in a way, Jane sees herself in Bertha. If you take away all of the dramatics associated with Bertha, in the end, she is really just a trapped, married woman, with no way to get out and no higher calling. She is simply another confined woman in a time period when almost all of the women were being oppressed by men. Obviously, the situations between Jane and Bertha are not the same, but, Bertha only strengthens the doubts which Jane has been having all along. Jane remains penniless and powerless while at Thornfield. Jane may be Rochester's intellectual equal, but not his social equal. Even before the crisis surrounding Bertha Mason, Jane is hesitant to marry Rochester because she senses that she would feel indebted to him for condescending to marry her. Jane's fear of losing her autonomy leads to her refusal of the marriage and ultimately her deciding to leave Thornfield. Jane sees that marrying Rochester would mean becoming his mistress and sacrificing her integrity. Also, Jane wants to enter into a marriage as an equal with her partner and she does not feel that is possible with Rochester. On the other hand, her life at Moor House tests her in the opposite manner. There, she has economic independence and is involved in important work, but she lacks the satisfaction of her emotional needs. The events of Jane’s stay at Moor House are necessary tests of Jane’s autonomy and she is able to prove that she can be self sustaining. She no longer depends on Rochester. She earns equality through her work and her self reliance.
Jane begins to struggle as soon as her and Rochester become engaged. He begins to treat her as dresses her the way that he wants her to be dresses. She doesn't feel comfortable at all. Then once she finds out that he is married to another woman it just makes things even worse. She begins to feel so unequal. She feels that there could be no way that she could stay there and be his governess anymore. It's significance is to help with plot development. Due to her feeling that she is unequal she has to make one of the most important decision in her life so far. She has to decide whether or not she wants to stay at Thornfield with Rochester or not.
Jane's main struggle for equality in this part of the book is with Rochester. It becomes a matter of money and social status. If she is to marry a man a higher status there will be more dependence on her part. It is clearly evident that she feels the extent of this and this is why she chooses to leave. However this turns out to be beneficial because then she meets her own people with whom she may feel more equal. The Rivers are able to provide more of a personal comfort to her than Rochester was able to. This provided the evidence that Jane was truly in love with Rochester for him and that she respected both him and herself too much to go through with the wedding under the presented financial and social situation.
Jane`s struggle with equally is apparent from the moment she leaves Rochester and attempts to find a new household. Her struggle in these chapters extends greatly to her physically struggling. Jane, although claims she has been on her own, has never actually been on her own. Bronte always pairs Jane with a caretaker of sorts and thus Jane really never has to find food, shelter or clothing; however, in these chapters she is left to find these items and because she has such a difficulty almost dies from the experience. Bronte puts Jane into this physical struggle to contrast the social equality struggle that Jane is constantly battling. Bronte then combines the two when Jane is looking for a job as an “exhaustive beggar” and thus Jane is denied multiple jobs because she is a women. The Oliver’s will not even consider women for their Job and thus Jane battles equality there. Yet, when Jane meets Diane and Mary Rivers they are both educated governesses and put them on par with Jane. Bronte makes both Diane and Mary be governesses to bring attention to the idea of the limited amount of jobs women can have as well as to show that Jane is not satisfied with the status quo of what social level of women in her society.
ReplyDeleteA equality struggle can be seen when Mr.Rochester and Jane is going to marry. Rochester suggests to go clothes shopping with her and during their journey, many extraordinary items are presented to her like silk dresses, pearls, and necklaces as a gift. However, she constantly denies these things. She states that she feels 'out of place' and that Jane is not 'Jane" anymore. This illustrates that she cannot simply cross the boundary of social class so easily. The reader can especially see this when she gains the idea of asking her Uncle to adopt her so that her social class system will be higher than the present which enable her to marry Mr.Rochester more easily.
ReplyDeleteJane struggles with equality in this chapters physically just as mentioned by Trace. In the previous chapters she struggled more internally and mentally to find equality but Bronte changes these ideas in the following chapters. Jane can be seen a character with mental strengths as she has become and been a governess for quite some time however, she still lacks physically to her mental state. These chapters about finding her own physical state you can see in the beginning of these chapters when Rochester begins the marriage process she did not want fancy things in life like pearls, silk dresses and necklaces she wants none. She wants to stand her own and thats why after seeing Bertha she leaves because Jane does not want to physically become what Bertha has so she runs and leaves Thornfield. This is where Bronte changes Jane in a feeble women and you can see clear issues and she becomes exhausted and nearly to the point of death. She wants to feed knowledge to know she can physically stand up and this is what the two governesses she meets do Diane and Mary. This is really important because when she was on the streets it showed how little female stature like that was looked and without some assistance she struggles on her feet physically. This is how Bronte shows equality issues the divide in the social ideas and how that causes Jane to become extremely physically exhausted and she is always looking for that physically need to become the powerful human she believes she can be.
ReplyDeleteJane shows how she struggles with equality. All she has ever known in her life is a the poor side or the lower class status. When she is preparing to get married to Rochester, she is basically leaving her old way of life which is unknown to her. It could be a frightening moment for Jane because she is going out of her own ways to try to fit into something new. We see how Jane goes away from the luxury life should could've been in when she leaves Thornfield. Bronte then uses Jane's social status and gender to really show how Jane is at a very unstable point. Since the gap between Jane and Rochester's status is great, the thought of equality is hard to fathom.
ReplyDeleteJane's struggle with equality can be seen most abundantly in her refusal to marry Rochester. Jane feels if they were to marry, she would be in debt to Rochester. She does not want this. Jane wants to marry on her own terms and does not want to feel like she owes anything to anybody. Jane thinks that if she marries Rochester she will feel oppressed. I think, in a way, Jane sees herself in Bertha. If you take away all of the dramatics associated with Bertha, in the end, she is really just a trapped, married woman, with no way to get out and no higher calling. She is simply another confined woman in a time period when almost all of the women were being oppressed by men. Obviously, the situations between Jane and Bertha are not the same, but, Bertha only strengthens the doubts which Jane has been having all along. Jane remains penniless and powerless while at Thornfield. Jane may be Rochester's intellectual equal, but not his social equal. Even before the crisis surrounding Bertha Mason, Jane is hesitant to marry Rochester because she senses that she would feel indebted to him for condescending to marry her. Jane's fear of losing her autonomy leads to her refusal of the marriage and ultimately her deciding to leave Thornfield. Jane sees that marrying Rochester would mean becoming his mistress and sacrificing her integrity. Also, Jane wants to enter into a marriage as an equal with her partner and she does not feel that is possible with Rochester. On the other hand, her life at Moor House tests her in the opposite manner. There, she has economic independence and is involved in important work, but she lacks the satisfaction of her emotional needs. The events of Jane’s stay at Moor House are necessary tests of Jane’s autonomy and she is able to prove that she can be self sustaining. She no longer depends on Rochester. She earns equality through her work and her self reliance.
ReplyDeleteJane begins to struggle as soon as her and Rochester become engaged. He begins to treat her as dresses her the way that he wants her to be dresses. She doesn't feel comfortable at all. Then once she finds out that he is married to another woman it just makes things even worse. She begins to feel so unequal. She feels that there could be no way that she could stay there and be his governess anymore. It's significance is to help with plot development. Due to her feeling that she is unequal she has to make one of the most important decision in her life so far. She has to decide whether or not she wants to stay at Thornfield with Rochester or not.
ReplyDeleteJane's main struggle for equality in this part of the book is with Rochester. It becomes a matter of money and social status. If she is to marry a man a higher status there will be more dependence on her part. It is clearly evident that she feels the extent of this and this is why she chooses to leave. However this turns out to be beneficial because then she meets her own people with whom she may feel more equal. The Rivers are able to provide more of a personal comfort to her than Rochester was able to. This provided the evidence that Jane was truly in love with Rochester for him and that she respected both him and herself too much to go through with the wedding under the presented financial and social situation.
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