Blinded By Love

Blinded by Love
Throughout the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, the reader experiences the life of a curious young woman who is struggling to make decisions on her own. Once she turns 18 and arrives at Thornfield Hall, Jane Eyre, a newly employed governess, begins to fall in love with her employer, Mr. Rochester. Jane soon develops strong feelings for Mr. Rochester and is unable to control her love for him. Ultimately, she will do anything for him, including betray her morals to obey him at all costs. However, there are many scenes throughout the duration of her stay at Thornfield when Mr. Rochester uses his power as a man to control her. Even though Mr. Rochester is constantly manipulating her, it can be argued that Jane should have stayed

Rochester's relationship continues to grow, Mr. Rochester constantly asks Jane for unexplainable and ridiculous favors. For instance, one night when Mr. Rochester returns from a trip, Mr. Mason, a strange man, arrives too. Mr. Rochester knocks on Jane’s door in the middle of the night and asks for her assistance. Jane, unable to resist him, immediately obeys. She is brought to a haunted room where she finds Mr. Mason sitting on a chair with blood dripping from his shoulder to the floor. Jane, who is shocked and horrified, is expecting an explanation as to what happened to Mr. Mason. Instead of providing heran explanation, Mr. Rochester tells Jane, “‘I shall have to leave you in this room with this gentleman, for an hour or perhaps two hours: you will sponge the blood as I do when it returns; if he feels faint, you will out the glass of water on that stand to his lips, and your salts to his nose, You will not speak to him or any pretext’”(342). Blinded by her own love for him, Jane obeys and doesn’t realize the insanity of the situation. Through this interaction, it is evident that Mr. Rochester, who is extremely self absorbed, is using Jane to his own benefit. However, Jane continues to ignore his odd manner and still loves him unconditionally despite all his unfavorable requests. Although Jane is consumed by her feelings for Mr. Rochester, she realizes she deserves answers, which is a step to becoming more

Rochester and Jane’s final moments together, he reveals the truth about his past and family. This is the first time he is truthful about his life and is worthy of Jane’s love. Even though Jane still loves him, she feels blind-slided and extremely hurt. During their wedding ceremony, it is revealed that Mr. Rochester is already married to another women, Bertha, who is insane and is living at Thornfield. This is the ultimate disappointment and betrayal for Jane. In this moment of despair, Mr. Rochester tries to convince Jane to stay and bursts forth and says, “‘Jane! Will you hear my reason?’ (he stopped and approached his lips to my ear); ‘because if you won’t, I’ll try violence’” (349). In addition to retaining this secret from Jane, Mr. Rochester is not sympathetic towards her feelings and does not understand why she is so upset. Unfortunately, he never truly admits that keeping this secret from Jane is wrong. In fact, he is in disbelief that Jane would ever leave him because of this secret, which is demonstrating his egocentric behavior. If he was considerate of Jane’s feelings, he never would have lied and kept this secret the whole time. Jane knew she had to leave; however, her heart is telling her to stay because her connection with him was special. Her ultimate confrontation with Mr. Rochester represents the amount of growth and confidence she has gained. During these last moments together, Jane knew she had to think of herself instead of her love for him. In