I think Jane receiving her happily ever after is too fairy like to be considered real for me. Even though I believe in miracles and God I feel like the spiritual connection that Jane and Rochestor mentions was too far fetched because two people living so far from each other and loving each other are able to hear their lover's pleas miles away is too dramatic but this happening can also be because they were meant to be. Bronte seems to portray the whole bovel as something so real like the events, the characters, and the feelings but I think the ending kind of ruined it for me as making it unreal which led to me developing the thinking of the whole novel being unreal because there were moments I thought the story of being true
I agree with Rabail comment about Jane’s unbelievable and melodramatic accounts. Brontë only shows Jane’s perspective, therefore disregarding the perspectives of the other characters. Jane is not a trustworthy character in my opinion. It was a bit strange that on her way back she goes to an inn called “Rochester Arms” and that Rochester admits to calling out her name and hearing Jane respond miles away. I think the name of the inn is symbolic in itself. She learns about what happened at Thornfield while she was gone, about what happened to Rochester’s hand and his blindness as well as Bertha’s suicide. When Jane leaves the Moor House, I can’t help but think she is running back into “Rochester’s Arms”. I do think the ending was good in terms of Jane and Rochester’s happy marriage but St. John’s appearance at the end was a bit depressing, since the readers were not expecting to see a lot about the other characters, specifically St. John.
In my opinion, the ending to this novel was, for lack of a better word, perfect. It was sort of fairy tale like, cliché to a certain extent, but I believe that is exactly what Bronte was aiming for. Jane suffered a lot throughout the work, from discovering her soon to be husband was already married and making the crucial decision to leave him. Rochester also faced many conflicts with losing his eye sight and becoming a depressed, lonely man. In parting from each other, it gave them both a chance to overlook their circumstances and figure out what they needed to change which then, in the end, lead them back to each other. During her time away from him, Jane realized that what she really needed was someone to love, and while she was away Rochester became familiar with God and learned that he was wrong for what he did to Jane. This then lead to our conclusion, where they both receive a happy ending. I believe that this was realistic and reasonable as both characters suffered and faced many conflicts to be with each other- why not end the story with a happily ever after?
I agree with Christian. If a reader had sat through 500+ pages of this book only for her to die unhappily married laboring in India, we wouldn't be reading this book today. Even with the "perfect" ending, just like the rest of her life, Jane has to struggle for her ride off to the sunset. Rochester doesnt come galoping up triumphantly on a white horse to sweep her out of destitude on the Rivers' door step. She has to survive near starvation, work, discover her wealth the difficult way, and seek out Rochester who is now blind and disfigured. Even Adele has suffered before the perfect ending. The ending is representative of Jane's entire life: happy in the end but one well worked for and earned.
I was very happy with this ending. I was actually expecting something like this where Jane would end up back with Rochester. I believe that love doesn't fade even being so far apart and this is an example of that. Many people thought Jane would never get back to Rochester because of how they left and how long and apart they were so I was very pleased she got what she wanted in the end. I thought it was sad to find out Rochester was blind. At first I was thinking that Jane would not like this too much and would probably walk away but this part does show the good heart that Jane has to stay with Rochester. I think this does show their love was meant to be. I also think this is a great ending knowing all the struggles Jane endured in her life and knowing that she overcame everything and ended up happy, in love and with kids.
I think that as a story the novel concluded on the best note it could. I liked the fact that she got married with Rochester, her one true love. She had a child of her own with that man, the burden of Rochester's past was literally burned. And her true family that she made throughout her life got a happy ending. I love the fact that mostly everyone who helped Jane who wasn't already dead has a happy ending. It surprises me that the chapter ended with a letter from St. John, considering Jane's indifference to him at the end but I think it serves as a spiritual conclusion to Jane's story as she really got what she wanted in the physical sense, and in a spiritual sense, and that letter helps conclude the spiritual sense. To add on to Katie's and Christian's responses, I think she got what she wanted, and not only did she get it, she deserved it, she had struggled to get this far, to not have her find happiness would be a great disservice to the character and to the reader.
The fire that blinded Rochester was a great surprise. It seems that everything worked out for Jane regardless of the tragedy. She no longer had Rochester's first wife or her financial status preventing her from being with the one she loved. After years of being told what to do and how to live she finally got to do something she wated, marry Rochester. Also Rochester had to be more dependent of Jane due to his condition which gives her the advantage in the relationship. She gets to be certain of Rochester's motives. The baby was a perfect addition. Jane had shown her skills with children as a governess for Adele. She would now be able to take care of a child of her own. In the end she finally earned the equality that she so desperately wanted before. What's kind of strange is that Jane may have gotten everything that she wanted but a lot of her previous acquaintances did not. The Reed family all experienced a terrible ending. Helen experienced death, and so did St. John after he left for India. However the River sisters and Adele have a happy ending along with Jane.
I felt that this ending was the cliche happily ever after ending that most people above me have mentioned. It's very nice to how Jane gets everything she desired. I loved how Bronte degraded Rochester's character to a person who needs support because it allowed Jane to step in and give that foundation for Rochester. It gives a much more intimate tone between the two characters. It's almost as if their roles reversed to where Rochester provided for Jane, but now Jane helps Rochester. I feel that Bronte shows that even for someone who is so high in social status he/she can be degraded in an instant and need help from another. Rochester lost Thornfield, his sight and his hand all which are heavy blows to his status. Bronte also is able to show how someone who only knows the little things in life, can be granted riches and desires in an instant as well. Jane was able to gain an inheritance from her uncle and finally be able to love Rochester and get married.
I was just happy there was an ending this time. I felt like it was good but it's weird after so many terrible endings (in like death way). But I don't believe Jane should've went back to Rochester, she has a hug inheritance but I just wouldn't trust him after lying to Jane for so long about his wife at the time. I was a little shocked too because as long as she has the resources Jane after her experience in Lowood
I really appreciate the ending of the novel because I am glad to know that Jane has got everything that she wanted. She has gone through a lot in her life and she was finally able to be happy. However, it does seem to good to be true. Rochester wife dies and she some how hears his voice from a far distance calling her while she is under St, John's "spell". It's just too perfect of an ending. Rochester gets his sight back at the same time that they have their first child. I am glad that their actually was an ending though unlike some of the other books we have read.
Although it seems a bit wrapped up and too much of a fairy tale ending, personally I believe Jane deserved such an ending, she deserved a happily ever after with someone who will love her and treat her warmly. She has had many hardships is life, and has encountered very strange situations and has always been a very realistic, more on the pessimist side, person, and I don't think she ever had in mind that she would end up having a happy life. Even though it is a bit cliche, i like that it's different from how all our other novels have ended. Although there is still mystery as to Rochester and Jane hearing each other from such lengths apart, it's likely to make the assumption that maybe they are soulmates and were meant to cross paths again. I am in fact satisfied with the ending, Jane is completely entitled to the happiness she now has.
I agree with Rabail, this seems to fairy like to be real. All though an unhappy ending is not what Jane deserves, it seems a little too unreal. I am particularly not into happy endings because they never seem to portray reality. They usually tend to be far from realistic. I feel that in a way, however, Jane deserves it for all the hardships she has faced throughout her life, but maybe drawing it back a bit would lead it to being more believable. I was not satisfied with the ending but not completely unsatisfied with the way Bronte decided to end the novel.
I mean sure she got "everything she ever wanted" but it definitely could have gone much better. I think I would have been nice if the love of her life could have came to the end of the novel in one piece. With the feminist idea, and Bronte's goal of creating the character that she wanted to create, it had to be a happy ending. She wouldn't really be proving anything if Jane didn't get what she wanted at the end. I liked the end, much more than turn of the screw because unlike many books and movies that leave us hanging at the end with many questions and concerns, we had closure. We know what happened, and we know that even after everything bad that happened, It turned out great in the end.
I think Jane receiving her happily ever after is too fairy like to be considered real for me. Even though I believe in miracles and God I feel like the spiritual connection that Jane and Rochestor mentions was too far fetched because two people living so far from each other and loving each other are able to hear their lover's pleas miles away is too dramatic but this happening can also be because they were meant to be. Bronte seems to portray the whole bovel as something so real like the events, the characters, and the feelings but I think the ending kind of ruined it for me as making it unreal which led to me developing the thinking of the whole novel being unreal because there were moments I thought the story of being true
ReplyDeleteI agree with Rabail comment about Jane’s unbelievable and melodramatic accounts. Brontë only shows Jane’s perspective, therefore disregarding the perspectives of the other characters. Jane is not a trustworthy character in my opinion. It was a bit strange that on her way back she goes to an inn called “Rochester Arms” and that Rochester admits to calling out her name and hearing Jane respond miles away. I think the name of the inn is symbolic in itself. She learns about what happened at Thornfield while she was gone, about what happened to Rochester’s hand and his blindness as well as Bertha’s suicide. When Jane leaves the Moor House, I can’t help but think she is running back into “Rochester’s Arms”. I do think the ending was good in terms of Jane and Rochester’s happy marriage but St. John’s appearance at the end was a bit depressing, since the readers were not expecting to see a lot about the other characters, specifically St. John.
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In my opinion, the ending to this novel was, for lack of a better word, perfect. It was sort of fairy tale like, cliché to a certain extent, but I believe that is exactly what Bronte was aiming for. Jane suffered a lot throughout the work, from discovering her soon to be husband was already married and making the crucial decision to leave him. Rochester also faced many conflicts with losing his eye sight and becoming a depressed, lonely man. In parting from each other, it gave them both a chance to overlook their circumstances and figure out what they needed to change which then, in the end, lead them back to each other. During her time away from him, Jane realized that what she really needed was someone to love, and while she was away Rochester became familiar with God and learned that he was wrong for what he did to Jane. This then lead to our conclusion, where they both receive a happy ending. I believe that this was realistic and reasonable as both characters suffered and faced many conflicts to be with each other- why not end the story with a happily ever after?
ReplyDeleteI agree with Christian. If a reader had sat through 500+ pages of this book only for her to die unhappily married laboring in India, we wouldn't be reading this book today. Even with the "perfect" ending, just like the rest of her life, Jane has to struggle for her ride off to the sunset. Rochester doesnt come galoping up triumphantly on a white horse to sweep her out of destitude on the Rivers' door step. She has to survive near starvation, work, discover her wealth the difficult way, and seek out Rochester who is now blind and disfigured. Even Adele has suffered before the perfect ending. The ending is representative of Jane's entire life: happy in the end but one well worked for and earned.
ReplyDeleteI was very happy with this ending. I was actually expecting something like this where Jane would end up back with Rochester. I believe that love doesn't fade even being so far apart and this is an example of that. Many people thought Jane would never get back to Rochester because of how they left and how long and apart they were so I was very pleased she got what she wanted in the end. I thought it was sad to find out Rochester was blind. At first I was thinking that Jane would not like this too much and would probably walk away but this part does show the good heart that Jane has to stay with Rochester. I think this does show their love was meant to be. I also think this is a great ending knowing all the struggles Jane endured in her life and knowing that she overcame everything and ended up happy, in love and with kids.
ReplyDeleteI think that as a story the novel concluded on the best note it could. I liked the fact that she got married with Rochester, her one true love. She had a child of her own with that man, the burden of Rochester's past was literally burned. And her true family that she made throughout her life got a happy ending. I love the fact that mostly everyone who helped Jane who wasn't already dead has a happy ending. It surprises me that the chapter ended with a letter from St. John, considering Jane's indifference to him at the end but I think it serves as a spiritual conclusion to Jane's story as she really got what she wanted in the physical sense, and in a spiritual sense, and that letter helps conclude the spiritual sense. To add on to Katie's and Christian's responses, I think she got what she wanted, and not only did she get it, she deserved it, she had struggled to get this far, to not have her find happiness would be a great disservice to the character and to the reader.
ReplyDeleteThe fire that blinded Rochester was a great surprise. It seems that everything worked out for Jane regardless of the tragedy. She no longer had Rochester's first wife or her financial status preventing her from being with the one she loved. After years of being told what to do and how to live she finally got to do something she wated, marry Rochester. Also Rochester had to be more dependent of Jane due to his condition which gives her the advantage in the relationship. She gets to be certain of Rochester's motives. The baby was a perfect addition. Jane had shown her skills with children as a governess for Adele. She would now be able to take care of a child of her own. In the end she finally earned the equality that she so desperately wanted before. What's kind of strange is that Jane may have gotten everything that she wanted but a lot of her previous acquaintances did not. The Reed family all experienced a terrible ending. Helen experienced death, and so did St. John after he left for India. However the River sisters and Adele have a happy ending along with Jane.
ReplyDeleteI felt that this ending was the cliche happily ever after ending that most people above me have mentioned. It's very nice to how Jane gets everything she desired. I loved how Bronte degraded Rochester's character to a person who needs support because it allowed Jane to step in and give that foundation for Rochester. It gives a much more intimate tone between the two characters. It's almost as if their roles reversed to where Rochester provided for Jane, but now Jane helps Rochester. I feel that Bronte shows that even for someone who is so high in social status he/she can be degraded in an instant and need help from another. Rochester lost Thornfield, his sight and his hand all which are heavy blows to his status. Bronte also is able to show how someone who only knows the little things in life, can be granted riches and desires in an instant as well. Jane was able to gain an inheritance from her uncle and finally be able to love Rochester and get married.
ReplyDeleteI was just happy there was an ending this time. I felt like it was good but it's weird after so many terrible endings (in like death way). But I don't believe Jane should've went back to Rochester, she has a hug inheritance but I just wouldn't trust him after lying to Jane for so long about his wife at the time. I was a little shocked too because as long as she has the resources Jane after her experience in Lowood
ReplyDelete... she can support herself and change her situations around her without a mans say.
DeleteI really appreciate the ending of the novel because I am glad to know that Jane has got everything that she wanted. She has gone through a lot in her life and she was finally able to be happy. However, it does seem to good to be true. Rochester wife dies and she some how hears his voice from a far distance calling her while she is under St, John's "spell". It's just too perfect of an ending. Rochester gets his sight back at the same time that they have their first child. I am glad that their actually was an ending though unlike some of the other books we have read.
ReplyDeleteAlthough it seems a bit wrapped up and too much of a fairy tale ending, personally I believe Jane deserved such an ending, she deserved a happily ever after with someone who will love her and treat her warmly. She has had many hardships is life, and has encountered very strange situations and has always been a very realistic, more on the pessimist side, person, and I don't think she ever had in mind that she would end up having a happy life. Even though it is a bit cliche, i like that it's different from how all our other novels have ended. Although there is still mystery as to Rochester and Jane hearing each other from such lengths apart, it's likely to make the assumption that maybe they are soulmates and were meant to cross paths again. I am in fact satisfied with the ending, Jane is completely entitled to the happiness she now has.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Rabail, this seems to fairy like to be real. All though an unhappy ending is not what Jane deserves, it seems a little too unreal. I am particularly not into happy endings because they never seem to portray reality. They usually tend to be far from realistic. I feel that in a way, however, Jane deserves it for all the hardships she has faced throughout her life, but maybe drawing it back a bit would lead it to being more believable. I was not satisfied with the ending but not completely unsatisfied with the way Bronte decided to end the novel.
ReplyDeleteI mean sure she got "everything she ever wanted" but it definitely could have gone much better. I think I would have been nice if the love of her life could have came to the end of the novel in one piece. With the feminist idea, and Bronte's goal of creating the character that she wanted to create, it had to be a happy ending. She wouldn't really be proving anything if Jane didn't get what she wanted at the end. I liked the end, much more than turn of the screw because unlike many books and movies that leave us hanging at the end with many questions and concerns, we had closure. We know what happened, and we know that even after everything bad that happened, It turned out great in the end.
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