Assignment 12

I believe Jane didn’t want to run off with Rochester because in her eyes, she would always be his mistress no matter where they went. She couldn’t run away from the fact that she would never be his wife. The story he tells Jane about his past makes you sympathize for his character. He was basically tricked into marrying a woman he thought was perfect, but didn’t find out until after that she and the rest of her family was actually insane. All his father cared about was the 30,000 pounds she was worth. I think Rochester was faced with a very hard decision to make and that he did the best he thought he could. When he first found out, he was young and didn’t know what to do. Still, he made sure that Bertha would be safe and kept secret and then fled to Europe where he stayed for many years in search for a new woman. The fact that he didn’t just abandon Bertha somewhere speaks volumes of his character. The night after Jane’s botched marriage, she dreams of her mother who tells her to resist temptation, leading her to leave Thornfield for good. I think Jane was at a loss and needed guidance from someone, but I’m not sure why her mother was incorporated into this seeing as she hasn’t been a part of the story yet. I think a worthy name for Jane’s new home would be something like Moorlight, Moor representing the surrounding area and light representing the light that leads her to the house and the sense of hope that Jane feels when she approaches it.