“The two important men jane eyre's
life are Edwars Rochester and St. John Rivers.
in spite of the their apparently different characteristics do you think,
in way, both of them represent somehow similar personalities in different
ways?”
INTRODUCTION
In
the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Character of Edward Rochester and St.
John River is an important character in this novel. but both characters are
different in terms of character and personality. Character of Edward Rochester
a temper and character St. John River was calm. The difference between this
character was to color the story in this novel. St. John Rivers and Mr.
Rochester have some things in common despite the fact that they are very
different characters.
BODY
Edward
Rochester is a wealthy man, who owns Thornfield Hall and a great deal of
land. He has no living parents or
siblings. Mr. Rochester is an older man
with dark features, who "is nearly forty." Mr. Rochester loves Jane deeply and
passionately and regards her as his equal. He is attentive to her, and he is vocal about
his affection for her. He is not an
overly religious man. On the contrary,
St. John is not a wealthy man. He does
have siblings. He has two sisters, Mary
and Diana. He is a younger man. St. John pities Jane, but does not truly love
her. He wants to marry her for practical
reasons. He thinks that she will make an
excellent missionary's wife. St. John
proposes, and Jane admits to herself that "he will never love her but he shall approve" of her. St. John is deeply religious, and he plans to
become a missionary.
Mr.
Rochester's character is often associated with fire. He and Jane often speak beside a roaring
fire. Jane saves him when he room is lit
on fire. Later, his own house burns down
and he is blinded during the fire. He
shows himself to be a passionate person and shows warmth to Jane. St. John is often associated with cold. The weather is cold when Jane befriends St.
John. St. John is a cold person, and
does not show warmth to Jane.
Both
Mr. Rochester and St. John want to marry Jane.
Mr. Rochester is turned down by Jane after she finds out about his
insane wife. St. John is also turned
down by Jane when she rejects his marriage proposal, telling him that she sees
her relationship with him as more of a sisterly one. Both men try to convince her to change her
mind.
CONCLUSION
As
though the character of Edward Rochester concluded a fierce but at the end of
the story of Jane Eyre. Jane Eyre was married to Edward Rochester and St. John
Rivers has gone to India to continue working as a Christian missionary. Jane
Eyre has bestowed son.
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