, INDEPENDENCE
Throughout the novel, Jane seeks autonomy and tenaciously hold onto her
principles despite the various challenges she is faced with.
She refuses to appropriate the belief that a woman is merely an extension of he
husband’s ego whose sole role is to sit and look pretty.
As such, she refuses to marry Mr Rochester and become a ‘part’ of him .
She also refuses to marry St. John despite her feelings because she strongly
disagrees with his perception of an ideal wife (meek, docile and submissive) and
such refuses to become ‘chained’ to him.
She also seeks to escape the domestic sphere and obtain financial independenc
so that she is no longer a ‘dependent’.
Throughout the novel, Jane seeks autonomy and tenaciously hold onto her
principles despite the various challenges she is faced with.
She refuses to appropriate the belief that a woman is merely an extension of he
husband’s ego whose sole role is to sit and look pretty.
As such, she refuses to marry Mr Rochester and become a ‘part’ of him .
She also refuses to marry St. John despite her feelings because she strongly
disagrees with his perception of an ideal wife (meek, docile and submissive) and
such refuses to become ‘chained’ to him.
She also seeks to escape the domestic sphere and obtain financial independenc
so that she is no longer a ‘dependent’.
