Brontë utilizes Jane’s narration through consistent diction in order to display Jane’s ongoing struggle with obedience towards the opposite gender. Jane narrates her actions upon first meeting a strange man on a path knowing that she “should have been afraid to touch a horse when alone”, however she acts differently. She is commanded by the mysterious man, who is later revealed to be Rochester, and rather than acting by her own wishes, she felt that she is “disposed to obey”. Later, Jane narrates her loss of “the sense of power over [Rochester],” as he denies her request to let Adele accompany them. Jane expresses submission to Rochester when she felt that she was “about mechanically to obey him”, without second thought or resistance. Finally,