Jane Eyre II Notes
- Bertha
– crazy woman in the attic
- Stop
the wedding, represents Jane’s own fear about marriage
- Hysteria
– hysterectomy? Women and crazy things
- When
men have “hysteria” its called “shell shock”
- Rochester à
dysfunctional family role- the lost child; all goes to the older sibling –
primogenitor, it is why he marries Bertha in Jamaica – Cheryl’s journal
- Co
dependence à
Idolitry
- “I
have made of my husband an idol.”
- Jane’s
vision: buy a house and start a school and live by herself;
she doesn’t defend it though…
- Goal
is mutual interdependence
- Rochester changes
during his and Jane’s relationship à
he is bad at the interdependent relationship ideal
- Need for
love/belonging?
- He did
appreciate Jane à loves her for the right
reasons à
he wants her to be dependent on him
- “Bertha”
is not her real name – Rochester
gave her this. The connotation of
the word
- Rochester wanted to
tell Jane Later – so she can’t leave him – he didn’t feel bad at all! Foundation of lies.
- Gypsy?
Jane à
Jane is Rochester’s
superior, almost doesn’t go through with leaving him but finds the
strength
- Ben –
sees Jane’s actions as a defense mechanism, baby dreams childhood to
motherhood
- Independent
women vs seclude yourself
- A
little of both worlds – Jane is strong and weak
- Be
able to listen to all parts of yourself emotional vs. rational
- Connected
with Jane – surpasses emotional martyrdom