Jane Eyre’s Preservation of Self
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SummaryJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë is a novel that focuses heavily on the protagonist’s sense of self-respect and her insistence on remaining true to her principles and standards despite all odds. One of the most fundamental aspects of Jane’s character is her refusal to sacrifice her own values for any person or under any circumstance. Thus, when complications to the marriage between Jane and the man she loves--Edward Rochester--arise, Jane refuses the union until conditions are met under which she can freely and wholeheartedly marry this man without sacrificing her self-dignity. Many elements of Jane Eyre develop and transform from the time at which Rochester first proposes to Jane to when she finally accepts his offer and marries him, in order for this union to permit Jane to preserve her self-identity and remain faithful to herself and her principles.
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- The most apparent changes we see in Rochester from the time when Jane refuses his proposal to when she finally returns to him at the end of the novel are evident in his physical transformation
- Because Rochester's physical transformation has weakened his position of influence and authority, he is no longer simply the provider to a mistress
- Whereas Rochester was previously eager to dress Jane up in fineries for the wedding, he now understands that 'fine clothes and jewels' are 'not worth a fillip?
- Jane would not have been, on the other hand, morally justified in marriage had Rochester wedded her while he was still married to Bertha Mason
- Finally, Jane also needed to have established her independence and her own identity in order to uphold her personal convictions in marrying Rochester
- Jane Eyre is a character widely known for her strength and preservation of principles and values despite all odds
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