The last 52 pages were heart wrenching and the good old "wow I did not see that coming." The wedding what a crappy turn of events for both Jane and Rochester. The strange "dream" that Jane had with the unknown woman was interesting.
If I was Jane I would stay with Rochester. I would stay with him because he has been through a lot, with his family selling him into a relationship and not telling him about his wife. So I would feel sorry for him.
I guess one of my favorite lines/paragraphs of the book was on page 348, "Gentle reader, may you never feel what I then felt! May your eyes never shed such stormy, scalding, heart-wrung tears as poured from mine. May you never appeal to Heaven in prayers so hopeless and so agonized as in that hour left my lips; for never may you, like me, dread to be the instrument of evil to what you wholly love." The paragraph was so powerful and heartbreaking, that she seemed angery and sad at the same time.
I think Jane Eyre should be taught in College Lit because it is a well writen book and a great girl book.
So good bye Jane Eyre.
Good reflection on Jane Eyre! I agree that the 52 pages were not what I expected. However, thinking in terms of the victorian era, I would not be able stay with rotchester. I would be too embarressed and it would feel to weird and ackward.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good blogs, they are very thought provoking!