Reinterpretation of Jane Eyre-part 27.

Rochester claims that so many women have betrayed him so far, and that he has become unhappy because of it, but only this time it is true love. (How many women has he said this line to so far?) And now he blames the problem on Jane's personality.

"I was wrong to attempt to deceive you; but I feared a stubbornness that exists in your character. I feared early instilled prejudice."

Then Jane also thinks that she has been loved by Rochester so far. Is that so? Has Rochester really treated her with love?

"I was experiencing an ordeal: a hand of fiery iron grasped my vitals. Terrible moment: full of struggle, blackness, burning! Not a human being that ever lived could wish to be loved better than I was loved."

Any way, Jane makes it clear that she intends to leave Thornfield in accordance with Christian doctrine.

"Oh, Jane, this is bitter! This??this is wicked. It would not be wicked to love me."

"It would to obey you."

Jane's lines here can be interpreted in two ways. In the traditional interpretation, it is interpreted as a message of resistance that 'I will not obey'. However, I interpret it as 'I will find someone else and obey him'. Because she leaves Thornfield, meets St. John, and obeys him.

Jane then offers Rochester a way to salvation, which is very similar to the scene where Helen taught Jane Christian doctrine at the Lowood School. In other words, this story is about Helen edifying Jane, a barbarian, and Jane edifying Rochester, a liberal, again. Therefore, this novel is both a love story and a religious story.

"What shall I do, Jane? Where turn for a companion and for some hope?"

"Do as I do: trust in God and yourself. Believe in heaven. Hope to meet again there."

Here, once again, liberalism in 19th century Europe and the values of the English Church collide. As such, the author talks about a gigantic conflict of values in Europe at the time through the conflict between the two. Therefore, this novel is also a political story.

"Is it better to drive a fellow?creature to despair than to transgress a mere human law, no man being injured by the breach?"

"I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself. I will keep the law given by God; sanctioned by man."

Jane, who grew up to be an adult, represents the values of the English Church in the 19th century, at which time the church maintained a conservative attitude against liberalism. Therefore, I think the interpretation of Jane as a challenging and progressive woman is not convincing. (Charlat Bront?, a writer, was also a devout Christian throughout her life, and her father and husband were both pastors.)

Here, although in a short moment, Rochester attempts to subdue Jane with force. In other words, he inflicted physical violence.

"His fury was wrought to the highest: he must yield to it for a moment, whatever followed; he crossed the floor and seized my arm and grasped my waist."

Eventually, the two decide to separate, but Rochester criticizes Jane for betraying him and putting him into anguish. It is fully understandable that he thinks this way. Because he has lived this way all his life. However, it is very strange that Jane thinks the same way.

"Mr. Rochester!"

"Withdraw, then,??I consent; but remember, you leave me here in anguish."

"God bless you, my dear master!" I said. "God keep you from harm and wrong??direct you, solace you??reward you well for your past kindness to me."

Now, the second red room appears in this work. After returning to her room, Jane dreams of being trapped in the red room.

"I was transported in thought to the scenes of childhood: I dreamt I lay in the red?room at Gateshead; that the night was dark, and my mind impressed with strange fears."

In the first chapter, Jane rebelled against John Reed and was forced into a red room by the hands of the maids. And in this scene, even though it was an unfair order, she rejected Rochester's order. Therefore, she is once again trapped in a red room. What we should pay attention to is the setting that Jane locked herself in a red room. In other words, she internalized the red room and decided that she deserved to be trapped in the red room, who violated Rochester's order.