LITERATURE QUESTIONS
THE VICTORIAN NOVEL
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As a woman of lower class with no money of her own, Jane is considered far beneath her employer and such a match would be thought degrading and shameful.
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Women are considered emotional creatures, and so there is no reason for Jane to hide her feelings. That she does so is one of the mysteries of the text.
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Rochester is already married and so Jane is not meant to take his proposals seriously.
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Jane’s training at Lowood makes her calm, quiet, meek and without personal will or desire. It would be against her nature to reveal her love for him.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The story follows Jane’s infancy and childhood as an orphan, her employment first as a teacher and then as a governess, and her romantic involvement with her employer, the mysterious and moody Edward Rochester.
Detailed explanation-2: -The relationship between Jane Eyre and Edward Fairfax Rochester plays a major part in the novel of Jane Eyre, as Rochester turns out to be the love of Jane’s life. At first she finds him rather impolite and cold-hearted, but soon they become kindred souls.
Detailed explanation-3: -Love & Marriage Quotes “There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow-creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort.” 8. “I ask you to pass through life at my side – to be my second self, and best earthly companion.” 9.
Detailed explanation-4: -However, Jane challenges the traditional ideas of a governess because she is happy and humbled to be a governess. She feels the love from the child she governs to and learns to be independent which empowers her.