Assignment 15

St. John is a dangerous person for Jane to be around. His forceful manner is pushing Jane back into her shell that she has finally come out of after all these years. She desperately does not want to be married to St. John; she compares it to committing suicide. He constantly asks her to marry him in a very controlling and manipulative manner. She tells him over and over again how they do not love each other so therefore they cannot be married. St John knows about Rochester and figures she is still in love with him, which makes him extremely angry. If Jane were to get married to St John, it would be the equivalency to being a slave, imprisoned in her own body and mind. She would not be able to speak her mind or act how she wants. She would essentially turn into a mindless machine, obeying his orders and putting up with his controlling demands. Jane is naturally an out-spoken woman who loves being independent from others and giving her two cents on everything. Marrying St. John would be masking her true self and living a life of unsatisfied melancholy.