Friday, October 15, 2010
Jane Eyre and The Romantic Movement
Chapter 27 is a great one in many ways. I'm sure you'll want to blog about the moral dilemma Jane faces and the "debate". However, please also take a few minutes to comment on how this chapter adds to our view of Bronte as a writer of the Romantic Movement. Imagination, nature, symbolism, myth, emotion, individualism, the everyday and the exotic - what shows up here?
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As I read Chapter 27, I'm very surprised with Mr. Rochester. He is going from one woman to another. This chapter gives Bronte more opportunity to change the storyline again. This romance between Mr. Rochester and Jane Eyre has gone on for quite a while, and Bronte is giving us readers to have ideas about what may happen. When Bronte changes her mind on the storyline, it's like a climax all on its own. I believe that Bronte gave us emotion and individualism because Jane is speaking out her true feelings instead of hiding behind who she really is. This throws off Mr. Rochester when Jane turns her head away when he tries to kiss her, and it makes him confused and emotional. He expected Jane to just go along with it and kiss him right back. But then he says that if he wants Jane as a mistress then she shall be his mistresses whether she likes it or not.
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