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Jane's move to Thornfield marked a dramatic shift in her life. Why, however after months being there is she only merely satisfied with her new life? Why does she still long for more experiences of the world? From where does Jane draw her happiness? Use evidence from the text.
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Jane's move to Thornfield, was because of her yearning to alter her old life, and to start an unconventional life by changing her lifestyle. Although, once she moves to Thornfield, she simply adores how Mrs. Fairfax and Adele treat her; yet she can't help but think about another life that awaits her. She still wants to experience more in life, favoring variety and change. She is always only merely satisfied with her life, because the restlessness is in her nature. For example, "Who blames me? Many, no doubt; and I still shall be called discontented. I could not help it; the restlessness was in my nature; it agitated me to pain sometimes."(pg.122) Throughout the chapters, Jane is newly acquainted with Mr. Rochester. She is happy at that household with Adele and Mrs. Fairfax, but she finds her secret happiness when she is in the presence of Mr. Rochester. "The ease of his manner freed me from painful restraint; the friendly frankness, as correct as cordial, with which he treated me, drew me to him. (pg.166) Jane's new happiness, is soon depicted by the way she is secretly drawn to Mr. Rochester.
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Despite having a stable job as a governess, a teachable pupil, and a very hospitable Mrs. Fairfax, Jane is still just barely satisfied with her situation at Thornfield. This is because she is in a uniform lifestyle just as she was at Lowood; there's very little diversity in her daily routines. Jane also hungers for the acquaintance of other characters which led to her relationship with Rochester. Page 122 mentions: "... I desired more of practical experience than I possessed; more of intercourse with my kind, of acquaintance with variety of character..." This was only somewhat obtained at Lowood, having spent 8 years there Jane was ready for an exciting change. She was finalizing her changes from childhood to womanhood, she's also never really conversed with a man she was interested in, which is likely another thing she was lacking, in fact she was lacking many experiences since all she knew was Gateshead and Lowood, giving motive to her want to give up Thornfield for a more populous environment. The real reason Jane wants to move to a more populous environment is because she draws happiness from being in company with people she's interested in, she was seen through Miss Temple, Burns, Rochester and even Mary Ann Wilson. Together, it is these motives that cause Jane to feel unsatisfied with Thornfield, until of course, her acquaintance with Rochester.
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Do you think Rochester is part of her happiness?
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DeleteJane Eyre moved to Thornfield and after moths being there she is only merely satisfied with her new life because all she does is teach and she just wants to have more experience with her life from new ways. She has no dramatic or tragic to keep her life exciting anymore. As she said in chapter 12, " I valued what was good in Mrs. Fairfax, and what was good in Adele; but I believed in the existence of other and more vivid kinds of goodness, and what I believed in I wished to behold." Even though her life at Thornfield was nice, Jane wanted even more experience than that and when Mr. Rochester came everything changed. Jane Eyre draws her happiness in Thornfield from teaching Adele Varens but mostly from talking and being with Mr. Rochester. Example chapter 15. " I felt at times as if her were my relation rather than my master: yet he was imperious sometimes still; but I did not mind that; I saw it was his way. So happy, so gratified did I become with this new interest added to life, that I ceased to pine after kindred: my thincrescent destiny seemed to enlarge; the blanks of existence were filled up; my bodily health improved; I gathered flesh and strength." Jane Eyre becoming attached to Mr. Rochester made her feel better about living in Thornfield for his presence. -Bobbi Cordle
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't blame for needlesly wanting to attain much more than what she's expirienced, all she's ever known amd could really acknowledge was Gateshead, Lowood, and contemporary Thornfield. Although the change in her lifestyle only got better from each place she still longs for more reasons to live, much like true equality or perceive the fondness of others, in which she soon does all glory to Mr.Rochester whom is the possessor of the household Jane currently resided in. Jane secretly draws her happiness from Mr.Rochester, with the mutual feeling itself from him, he looks forward to Jane and having her in his presence as well as Jane Eyre of his as well. "And was Mr.Rochester now ugly in my eyes? No, reader: gratitude and many associations, all pleasurable and genial, made his face the object I best liked to see; his presence in a room was more cheering than the brightest fire.", pg.166 shows Jane's side of affection and how she has become very fond of Mr.Rochester and how his company holds an important role in controlling Jane's emotions.
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Jane, who has become a governor to a little girl name Adèle has become merely satisfied with her new life. When she had first started she had found Mrs. Fairfax to be a very nice and respectable person. And she enjoyed to meet and teach Adèle. Jane has always been a structured when it comes to ones learning capabilities. This style of life which becomes her daily ritual has now altered her ideas from a strict life to a different structure of life. She want to experience the world. When she started working in the Thornfield house she had liked working there but she had longed for a different lifestyle. As a couple of months to by the master of the house had came home and met jane. That when things changed. When they met he become very cold to her. For an example, in chapter 13 page 95 " I have to thank her for this sprang. Miss. Eyre, have you ever lived in a town. No sir. Have you seen much of society?". From this Jane has the tension of becoming a governor and being treated of less status. Yet with all this new experience she feels some sort of attraction. Jane is merely satisfied because she had meet wonderful people such as Mrs.Fairfax and Adèle, but she experience the harsh attitude of Mr. Rochester. But this new experience had Jane still become interested in experiencing many things other than her strict scheduled life. Jane draws her happiness from teaching Adèle and seeing her academically grow. And her attraction to Mr. Rochester.
ReplyDelete- Alyssa Sotelo
Once Jane moved to Thornfield she felt happy to be in a new place, but only for a short time. Jane wants to experience much more of the world than she has only known of so far. Just like adrenaline junkies or druggies, they want the high again. They want to feel something greater than their last experience with the adrenaline or the drug. I also believe that her reading so many books has left her with a strong urge to experience a world she has only seen through literature. Though despite all this, Jane does experience some happiness through educating Adele and meeting Mr. Rochester. Strengthening her crush to the Master of the house.
ReplyDelete-Carmen Patricia "Patty" Arreola
I totally agree with you. I believe that Jane expected alot more from the move that is why she was excited. After being there she realized it wasn't what she thought so she became unhappy again. I also agreed that books left a somewhat negative impact on her because she expects alot more of life as she reads more books but has too settle for second best ( real life ).
Delete- Desaree Hinojos
During the Victorian Era, principles were placed in which women had to dress and act elegantly if they wanted to be part of the movement, in addition, Jane's life is based on following these principles which is why she isn't satisfied with her life, she doesn't want to be part of the movement that everybody in England follows. For example in chapter 12 Jane asserts, "I valued what was good in Mrs. Fairfax, and what was good in Adele, but I believed in the existence of other and more vivid kinds of goodness, and what I believed in I wished to behold."(pg.122) This quote is saying that Jane wants to find people that are outcast of the Victorian Era just like herself. The purpose of Jane trying to find people just like herself is because she knows she will not be alone anymore once she finds them. Trying to find people just like herself is also the reason why she longs for more experiences of the world. Jane draws her happiness from Adele because she enjoys teaching her, and also from Mr. Rochester because he always gives her the truth which makes him more like Jane rather than the Victorian followers of England.
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Jane is only merely happy with her new life at Thornfield because it's not so different from the life she had at Lowood. It's almost the same routine she had there although the experience at Lowood is more nicer for her because Mrs.Fairfax is more pleasant than Mr.Brocklehurst. She is still unsatisfied because she longs to encounter new things in her life as she has only known 1 for the past 8-9 years. As she states on page 130, "I did not like re-entering Thornfield. To pass it's threshold was to return to stagnatiom; to cross silent hall, to ascend the dark some staircase, to seek my own lonely little room.........of an existence whose very privileges of security and ease I was becoming incapable of appreciating." She wants to indulge in new things the world has to offer instead of the ones she was brought into. Jane finds her happiness in teaching Adéle, as well as trying to imagine how Mr.Rochester is, and then when she finally meets him she imagined him different.
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Jane plainly explains how it's possible that even with a job and enjoyable people around her, she doesn't feel happy or fulfilled at Thornfield, "It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action..." On page 122 the reader is told exactly what she lacks: action. Miss Eyre is a free spirt, which has been evident from the beginning. She craves exploration and detests stagnation: once she's become bored/unhappy in a place she starts seeking ways to not only entertain her interests, but excite her mind. Which is not shameful because many people are like this. For example, a high school senior with a job: Why should they give up their job to move away for college when they already have a steady income? To gain knowledge, to make connections, to have an experience: these are all the reasons Jane isn't (and doesn't have to be) happy at Thornfield. Until, Mr. Rochester is thrown into the mix. He gives her intelligent conversation and he's a sophisticated traveled man, so he's able to give her tales of places far away (which she's always enjoyed) which truly gives her peace. Even with his (at times) disagreeable attitude and unattractive appearance, Mr. Rochester really gives her a new lease on life, Jane even saying that she became so happy and gratified with this man that, on page 166 she, "...ceased to Pine after kindred" and, "The ease of his manner freed me from painful restraint..."
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DeleteJane decision to move to Thornfield was to start a new beginning and to better her life .Although she is grateful for having a great job and being treated respectfully by Mrs. Fairfax, she still feel a sense of not being satisfied with her new life. For example “What do I want? A new place in a new house, amongst new faces, under new circumstances; I want this because it is of no use wanting anything better.”(Chapter 11).Jane is not contempt with her life because she still believes something special waits in her future. As described in the novel “I valued what was good in Mrs. Fairfax, and what was good in Adele; but I believed in the existence of other and more vivid kinds of goodness, and what I believed in I wished to behold."(Chapter 12). Jane is grateful for the life she is living she gets her happiness more from her secret crush, Mr. Rochester. Mr. Rochester giver a new perspective of life and allows her to feel better on her decision of moving to Thornfield.
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Jane makes a big decision on moving to Thornfield making a great change in her life. Jane begins a new life, were she is treated with kindness and respect by both Adele and Mrs. Fairfax. After months of doing the same routine Jane begins to feel not satisfied with her new life due to the simple fact that she wants to travel the world and see new places, just like Mr. Rochester has done. "I longed for a power of vision which might overpass that limit; which might reach the busy world, towns, regions full of life I had heard of but never seen that then I desired more of practical experience than I possessed." (ch.12) Meaning that Jane desires having new experiences since the only places she has been to are Lowood and Thornfield. As well as the fact that she is still young and missing much on many things or how Mr. Rochester says "you have both sentiments yet to experience" (ch.15).Jane's feelings begin to change on the topic of wanting to leave when Mr. Rochester decides to stay. More time is being spend near Mr. Rochester that he later on begins to be the reason of her happiness. As he begins to tell Jane personal information, Jane begins to develop a crush towards Mr. Rochester no longer feeling as if doing the same routine, nor wanting to leave Thornfield since she is happy by his side.
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DeleteThe reason why Jane wanted new experience in her life is because she is tired of doing the same thing over and over. "I tired of the routine of eight years in one afternoon. I desired liberty; for liberty I gasped..." (80). Jane wanted something new to do in her life becuase she knew that what she lived in Lowood wasn't the real world, Jane knew that the real world would be a lot harder than what she was used to. Jane also wanted to interact more with people because she only knew the people from Lowood.
ReplyDeleteJane merely became satisfied with her new life because she finally found a place where she is happy and treated as an equal. "... and efforts to please, inspired me, in return, with a degree of attachment sufficient to make us both content in each other's society. " (103). Jane enjoyed being in company of Adele and Mrs Fairfax, she was happy because she was doing something that she liked while being treated the right way.
Jane finds her happiness from painting. She finds plaseure in doing paintings. "I was absorbed, sir: yes, and I was happy. To paint them, in short, was to enjoy one of the keenest pleasures I have ever known" (121). Jane liked painting because she knew how to paint since her days at Lowood and it was something that she did when she had time.
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Even though Thornfield give Jane a better life than Lowood, she is still not completely satisfied. Jane appreciates the life that is offered, along with the people such as Mrs. Fairfax, but Jane still feels as though she is missing out on life. Jane is excited about the change being stuck in Lowood for eight years, but Lowood and Thornfield are in fact the same in one important way. The routine. Everything is precise and there is a way and time to do everything. "I longed for a power of vision which might overpass that limit; which might reach the busy world, towns, regions full of life I had heard of but never seen; that then i desired more of practical experience than I possessed; more of intercourse with my kind, of acquaintance with variety of character, than was here within my reach. (page 122) Jane wants to step out of the comfort zone and try and experience new things. She longs for more because she was to experience all the things that life offers. Jane draws some happiness from conversations with Mr. Rochester. He is different from everyone else in the house and challenges Jane. Jane admires Mr. Rochester and has taken a specific interest in him and that makes her happy. "He had been looking two minutes at the fire, and I had been looking the same length of time at him, when, turning suddenly, he caught my gaze fastened on his physiognomy." (page 147) Being around Mr. Rochester allows Jane to feel and discuss things she normally would not on regular days in this house. This brings out happiness for her.
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Jane Eyre is only merely satisfied with her life in Thornfield because she still longs to feel significant and helpful to others. After helping Mr. Rochester with his horse, Jane states, "My help had been needed and claimed; I had given it; I was pleased to have done something," This quote shows how her being noticed and helpful to another affects her personally by making her feel better about herself. Later, Jane goes on to say, "What good it would have done me at that time to have been tossed in the storms of an uncertain, struggling life, and to have been taught by rough and bitter experience to long for the calm amid which i now repined!" Through this quote, Jane is stating that her life is calm and well, but she feels in order to truly appreciate it, she need first to go through rough experiences.
ReplyDeleteJane finds her happiness in others. She enjoys being around Adele, Mrs. Fairfax, and eventually admires Mr. Rochester. Jane enjoys simply listening to conversations but also likes being a part of them as well.
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After making a dramatic change moving to Thornfield she is welcomed with kindness and warmth by Mrs.Fairfax and Adele even calling Thornfield " safe haven " ( ch.11). Jane begins to hear stories of travels and the outside world from Mr. Rochester and decides she's tired of the same routine "I longed for the power of vision...I desired more of practical experience..." ( ch.12). Jane Eyre is young and wants to see more for all she has seen is Lowood and Thornfield. Because of the stories and tales of Mr.Rochester she starts finding happiness with him because she starts developing feelings for Mr.Rochester.
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ReplyDeleteThe desire to seek adventure and having a high spirit is in Jane's nature and will only continue to push her to find new things to her. Jane is also at the part in her life where she is finally out growing her childish habits of being obedient to everyone else but herself, she longs for a life on her own, and even though she had complained of moving out of Lowood endlessly; finally meeting people of good nature for example Mrs. Fairfax, Adèle and Mr. Rochester she admits it is not what she had been searching for. "I longed fora power of vision wich might overpass that limit; woch might reach the busy world, towns regions full of life..." (Page 122)
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ReplyDeleteSince the day, Jane moved to Thornfield she seems to be happy to what she has accomplish. She likes to be there because of Mrs. Fairfax is kind with her and feels like a welcomed home. As the days goes by Jane feels that there is more things for her in the world, but she feels that she needs to make Adele a good educated young girl. As in chapter 12 it says, "- I longed for a power of vision which might overpass that limit; which might reach the busy world...that then I desired more of practical experience than I possessed; more of intercourse with my kind ... I valued what was good in Mrs. Fairfax and what was good in Adele-."(page122) From all this is new to her since in life she hasn't had anyone to be nice to her or treated her better and not seeing as a low servant. And through this kindness she has learn about Mr. Rochester which seems a nice man even though he has a bossy voice and attitude Jane has find a way to talk to him and know him better. So this movement has made Jane to know people and learn about the things she couldn't have in Lowood. But she wants more knowledge about the world and tries to know it through Mr. Rochester.
ReplyDelete-Daniela Galindo
Jane moved to Thornfield for change however she is only slightly fulfilled because of the fact that her life is too uniform. Her life in Lowood and her life in Thornfield have differed very little. Jane also longs for company, to be around people that are like her, that interest her, and besides her relationship with Rochester and her pupil Adele she still feels there is more for her in the world. In chapter ten there is a quote that states how Jane wanted a change, "I tired of the routine of eight years in one afternoon. I desired liberty; for liberty I gasped; for liberty I uttered a prayer; it seemed scattered on the wind then faintly blowing. I abandoned it and framed a humbler supplication; for change, stimulus: that petition, too, seemed swept off into vague space: "Then," I cried, half desperate, "grant me at least a new servitude!" Jane even if she was given a different task no matter how grueling she would like it, just for the fact that it would be a change of pace.
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Jane moved to Thornfield she was happy with her new life there. Sadly, after only months of being there she was not as satisfied being there as she was the first time she arrived at Thornfield. Due to the fact that all those books she read and those fantasy world she would go to. She wanted to see the world her characters saw in the books. Still, even though she was merely satisfied she still found comfort and happiness in some people. Adele and Mr.Rochester help Jane find happiness in Thornfield. Secretly Jane is very fond of Mr.Rochester. In chapter 15 Jane quotes "The ease of his manner freed me from painful restraint: the friendly frankness, as correct as cordial, which he treated me, drew me to him. In this quote Jane is admitting that she starting to love Mr.Rochester.
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Even months after her first arrival at Thornfield, Jane is still in a melancholic mood. This is because of three main reasons. One, Jane is plainly just an extremely curious young adult, who cant seem to find something to completely occupy her. "... I shall be discontented. I could not help it; the restlessness was in my nature; it agitated me to pain sometimes."(Page 122). During this section in the book miss Eyre truely shows how unhappy and unsatisfied she is with her time at Thornfield, even though her new pupil has turned out to be a fantastic companion. Two, the nice yet very boring people who also serve at Thornfeild leave Jane in a unentertained fashion. "The other members of the household, viz., John and his wife, Leah the housemaid, and Sophie the French nurse, were decent people; but in no respect remarkable..."(Page 123). Jane's discontent, partily, can be blamed on the residents she is in contact with. The words of Jane, in a polite way, say that these people are undeniably dull. Three, Jane realizes that her isolated job keeps her from an entire unseen world. "The incident had occured and was gone for me: it was an incident of no moment, no romance, no interest in a sense; yet it marked with change one single hour of a monotonous life."(Page 130). In this moment Janes uneventful life comes to light. She calls her life "monotongous" because she realizes that even in a unemotional encounter with a stranger that she wants to meet strangers. She wants to explore and see new faces to finally satisfy her curiosity. And this is where Jane finally realizes where she will find content. By exploring.
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Jane searches for a life of her own, on the account of her moving to Thornfield she meets new people such as Ms.fairfax, Adele and Mr. Rochester. "It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action..." (Page 122) She longs for adventure and experiences like in the books she reads. In her childhood she never got the opportunities to explore and be curious so as a young adult she desires to do so.
ReplyDelete- Ciara Fields
Throughout the book the reader can sense Jane's intellegence and sophisticatedness, so it is not hard to see why she doesnt like it at Thornfeild. Thornfeild, to her, isn't bad but it doesnt entirely satisfy her need for expirence. "...that then I desired more of pratical expirence than I possessed; more of the intercourse with my kind, of acquaintance with variety of character, than was here withn my reach." (Page 122). Jane seems almost completely restricted from the world by being at Thornfeild. Jane also is only eighteen meaning she is at the part of her life most prone to be curious of the world while having the chance to explore it before settling down. Jane's tone clearly expresses her longing for the themes of love and happiness that are accoplished at Thornfield. For instance,"...but I believed in the existence of other and more vivid kinds of goodness, and what i believed in I wished to behold." Page 122). She draws her happiness from Mr. Rochester by representing him as the outside world. He is the closed result she has to compare the effects of the outsided world and she likes that.
ReplyDeleteAt first I thought Jane was happy with her decisions of moving to Thornfield. Everyone treated her fair and it was different from her past home of isolation. It was odd to her at first but as she became used to it she seemed to felt not as fulfilled as she had expected to be. Jane is very young and has lived a life of solitude. Although, it is her job to teach her pupil; her life has not change much, just the scenery and people but her daily actions have remained nearly the same. It is expected from a person who desires change like Jane to be incompletely satisfied with life. In chapter 12, " I desired more of a practical experience than I possessed; more of intercourse with my kind, of acquaintance with variety of character, than was here within my reach." Which is why I suspect she begins to find happiness within Mr. Rochester's presence. Mr. Rochester tries to get to know Jane as more than an employee but as a friend. He has good conversation with her and enjoys listening to her responses.
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After reading this selection, the reader can tell that although Jane is somewhat okay with the life she is now living, she still searches and wants something greater. Jane feels that there are many things that she hasn't experienced yet and wishes to fulfill those needs of an ambitious and curious person. For example, "I desired more of practical experience than I possessed; more of the intercourse with my kind" (122). This quote allows the reader to realize that Jane is in search of not a better life but more of an experience with people that she can relate to rather than being shut out from the world at Thornfield. The reader also witnesses Jane become fond of Mr. Rochester due to him getting to know her on more of a personal level and telling her how it is. Jane sees this as him being real with her and not just another person that lacks personality.
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Through her love for fantasy novels, it is seen that ever since Jane was a child she loved the idea of adventure, and survived on the hope that there was more to life than what she has lived. As she progressed into adulthood, the fact that she is a free spirit by nature did not change. Jane is a woman that will always want something more out of life than what she has. Jane fears solitude and wants interaction with different kinds of people and places that intrigue her. So although when she moves to Thornfield she is content, she is not fully happy. I also feel that Jane, like any other girl, wants to be loved, and to experience love. This is hinted on page 122, when Jane states..."I valued what was good in Mrs. Fairfax, and what was good in Adele; but I believed in the existence of other and more vivid kinds of goodness, and what I believed in I wished to behold." Therefore I think she secretly yearns for love, but can't seem to find its possibility at Thornfield,... that is until Mr. Rochester shows up.
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Although Jane boldly moved from the familiar Lowood environment to have a life, Thornfield isn't quite what she expected. There is nothing exciting happening in her new job. She cannot talk to the workers, her pupil is weird, and she is left to confide with the house keeper. She reveals she "...longed for a power of vision which might overpass that limit which might reach the busy world, towns, regions full of life I had heard of but never seen; that then I desired more of practical experience than I possessed; more of intercourse with my kind, of acquaintance with variety of character, than was here within my reach." (p.122) What she wanted was a place where she was a busy life constantly interacting with other people. Further in the paragraph she blames imagination for this desire admitting; "...I could not help it; the restlessness was in my nature; it agitated me to pain sometimes. ..-- a tale my imagination created, and narrated continuously." ( p. 122) Her alternative is walking and venturing on the rooftop to look out as far as she could see. This is a temporary solution that calms and satisfies her fantasies.
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The author of Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë, has said, “But life is a battle: may we all be enabled to fight it well!" I believe this very much to relate to the 'dramatic shift' in Jane's move to Thornfield; battling to be accepted in such a laborious lifestyle. One can only imagine how unfamiliar she must have felt in being better treated by those around her, Mrs. Fairfax and Adèle, after being frivolously encountered with such disparity around every corner since the age of ten. In the conversation and introduction with Mrs. Fairfax, Jane thought of how well she was treated by her, only to doubt herself as in chapter 12 when she thinks, "I little expected such a reception; I anticipated only coldness and stiffness: this is not like what I have heard of the treatment of governesses; but I must not exult too soon." This led us to feel sympathetic towards her, being only that she was horribly treated since birth by her Aunt Reed and cousins, and lived majority of her teens through Lowood's religiously strict teachings and ways most ardently; finally, becoming a Governess, being treated as a human being. After months of experiencing her new life, she finds it very lonely to be out of the familiar, and blames it on the fictitious life she dreamed of from the books she read (in chapter 12 when she narrates, "...a tale my imagination created, and narrated continuously; quickened with all of incident, life fire, feeling, that I desired and had not in my actual existence.") It is quite invigorating to believe she would stumble upon some good in her life, and to somewhat experience bigger, if not, better things for herself. However, she still longs for more excitement, to indite a beautiful story through life (much like the books she has read), to interact with others like herself, but finds it differently when she happens to stumble upon none other than Mr. Rochester. After assisting him in his incident, Jane happens to find him "very changeful and abrupt" when he quickly orders her to take Adèle to bed following his judgmental impudence on her artwork; but through the power and art of conversation, a strange fire in Mr. Rochester's room (leading Jane to be the only one up to save his life), it led her to draw happiness from him. This could be taken from chapter 13 when she begins to think, "If he does go, the change will be doleful. Suppose he should be absent spring, summer, and autumn: how joyless sunshine and fine days will seem!" Not only did she feel upset in his taking leave, but this could only mean one thing, Jane Eyre has fallen in love with Mr. Rochester.
ReplyDeleteTehvanee Tuialu'ulu'u
Jane Eyre, being moved from Lowood after 8 years of being there, wants still yet another adventure or something to make her life more intriguing despite being a tutor in Thornfield. Jane thinks, "Anybody may blame me who likes, when I add further, that, now and then, when I took a walk by myself in the grounds; when I went down to the gates and looked through them along the road; or when while Adèle played with her nurse, and Mrs. Fairfax made jellies in the storeroom, I climbed the three staircases, raised teh trapdoor of the attic, and having reached the leads, looked out afar over sequestered field and hill, and along dim sky-line- that then I longed for a power of vision which might overpass that limit; which might reach the busy world, town, regions full of life I had heard of but never seen- that then I desired more of practical experience than I possessed..." (Pg. 124, Chapter 12) Jane, though having people around her that follow a somewhat different path than she was accustomed to at Lowood, Jane still wants something out there in the world as she would have drawn from the books of adventure and fantasy when she was little. Jane's only merely satisfied with what else the world has to offer her, and not necessarily her life at Lowood, just that she wants more form the world. Jane draws her happiness from being around the kind Mrs. Fairfax and the growing attachment to Adèle, but most importantly, her encounter with Mr. Rochester.
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Jane in search of experiencing for an adventure, she finally gets out from Lowood after being there for 8 years. Now at Thornfield, she is treated with great kindness from Mrs.Fairfax & Adele, though she seems not fully satisfied with her life as she has not yet experienced anything new or exciting at her new job as she had imagined. She longs to experience the world of which she has heard of and read about in the many books she has read. Jane Eyre though finds happiness by her peculiar interest in Mr.Rochester as they get closer and began to talk. "I listened for the bell to ring below; I listened for Leah coming up with a message; I fancied sometimes I heard Mr.Rochester's own tread, and I turned to the door, expecting it to open and omit him. The door remained shut; darkness only came through the window." (Chapter 15 Pg.178) Jane cannot await to see Mr.Rochester as she has questions to ask him.
ReplyDeleteJane has lived her life trying to please everyone but herself. When she tried she was shot down. She's longing for the future that satisfies her thirst for self fulfillment and pleasure. Jane is able to barley but surely taste her fulfillment when she is around Mrs. Fairfax and Adele. "I valued what was good in Mrs. Fairfax and what was good in adele, but i belied in the existence of other and more vivid kinds of goodness and what i believed in i wished to behold." (122) By finding people like her she gets closer to learning about what she want and how she's going to get there. She knows there is more to know about herself and what she wants so she doesn't give up. She can't just settle for what is in front of her, instead she knows she must push forward. Since Adele learns from Jane her opinion is actually listened to unlike her childhood. Mr. Rochester tells her the truth in what she does. As the reader you can soon see the complement from him. She is unknowingly drawn to him.
ReplyDeleteThere is little doubt whatsoever that Jane does indeed crave adventure and most of this can be drawn from her early love of fictional books; however in many ways the early dissatisfaction with life in Thornfield can be accredited with much more than a lack of adventure. She has the desire to be constantly intrigued by new and interesting people. The thought of new experiences excites her. She has known from a young age that life is something to be sought out, and that it is something that offers more than what she has come to know. The continuous routines and order lead Jane to at first become displeased simply because there is little to no change in her daily life from her previous living situation; however it isn't until the introduction of Mr. Rochester that Jane truly becomes interested in her sort of "new life". Conversations become the norm between Jane and Mr. Rochester, and it is through this that a spark is lit in Jane's interest. Jane is consciously aware that for once, there is a figure in her life able to ignite intellectual stimulation. As a result of this, Jane has found him to be the one she can confide in and expect "real" answers and not just what she would want to hear. When the threat of Mr. Rochester's move appears, Jane feels a tad hopeless. It is through this that the reader can infer that Jane fears returning to a life of normality. "If he does go, the change would be quite doleful", (chapter 13) shows the negative feeling she posses toward the move. As a reader, one can stray from the seemingly occurring theme of love and instead infer that Jane enjoys interesting people; Mr. Rochester being the most interesting and most fearless of sharing a blunt opinion. It is best to say Jane has an immense appreciation for Mr. Rochester and his understanding of herself as a person.
ReplyDelete-Andrea Marie Rodriguez
Now in Thornfield even though she a tutor, works and treated better than at Lowood and with the Reeds. She still longs for more adventures because she pretty much lives a life where routine is the same on the daily. As stated in (Pg. 122) "I longed for a power of vision which might overpass that limit; which might reach the busy world , towns, regions full of life I had heard of but never seen; that then I desired more of practical experience than I possessed; more of intercourse with my kind , of acquaintance with variety of character, than was here within my reach. She was always being treated miserably instead of having the option to explore as a curious kid. Really never knew a lot of people either and wants get to know and interact with more people. What is really what she should have been given the opportunity to. Which now she might be doing with Mr. Rochester. Also in (Pg. 122) she mentions how she wants to do more, "It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action..." She wants to live a less restrained life as that's all she really lived in her past. So restrained at a time in her life she couldn't even curl her hair, read a book or wear anything fancy. So now she craves for adventure and experiences as she still young and not too late to accomplish them now.
ReplyDelete- Sergio Jonathan Palacios
Jane is shortly pleased with her move to Thornfield because she is now away from Lowood and her aunt and cousins. The reader can say that she is living her own life now. Jane is satisfied but not happy with what she has in her life, she plans to go further and explore more of what is out there as shown in the quote, "I belied in the existence of other and more vivid kinds of goodness and what i believed in I wished to behold." (122) Jane obtains her happiness from teaching Adele, her student. She also likes to talk to Mr. Rochester, the landowner that Jane seems to get attached to.
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At only eighteen Jane has experienced a lot of inhuman actions from her family and during her stay at Lowood but still has much to learn. The more she moves she grows slightly happier. Jane knows her superior happiness still awaits her. Her arrival at Thornfield was well welcomed by Mrs. Fairfax, Adele and latr to come by Mr.Rochester. "So happy, so gratified did I become with this new interest added to life, that I ceased to pine after kindred; my thin crescent-destiny seemed to enlarge; the blanks of existence were filled up; my bodily health improved; I gathered flesh and strength" (p. 66). This shows that Jane is really happy to be around kind people such as Mr.Rochester, Mrs.Fairfax and Adele. Kindness is what makes Jane so happy and is looking forward to have a place of her own full of such people.
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Eventually being out of Lowood and being able to experience something new, Jane steps foot onto Thornfield. Wanting to get out an adventure from this situation, Jane sets a new lifestyle for herself in order to live a better life than the one she had. Enjoying on how Adele and Mrs. Fairfax treat her, Jane still seems to seek for more happiness and better things and can't wait for what will happen next, it is as if all of the books Jane has read have cause her to think differently about the world and start her own "story", but as seen in pg.122, Jane states like this, "I valued what was good in Mrs. Fairfax, and what was good in Adele, but I believed in the existence of other and more vivid kinds of goodness, and what I believed in I wished to behold. Who blames me?". In other what Jane is trying to say is that she cannot settle for what is there in front of her, instead she knows that greatness awaits. But here at Thornfield, with Adele being a good student and Mr. Rochester being a great listener and supporter, Jane is able to live a life in where she doesn't have to block everyone from her life and just live happily and in tranquility.
ReplyDelete-Bryan Chavez
After advertising in search of a post as a governess, Jane finally gets to leaves Lowood when she accepts the job in Thornfield. Starting this new chapter in her life certainly brought Jane happiness and contentment. Desperate to enter the world outside of school she enjoys the simple life living alongside Adele, Mrs. Fairfax and her evolving relationship with Mr. Rochester. However, Jane is quite inexperienced out in real world and realizes that when she seeks interaction, knowledge and adventure. For example in chapter 12 when she says, “…Which might reach the busy world, towns, regions full of life I had heard of, but never seen; that then I desired more of practical experience than I possessed; more of intercourse with my kind, of acquaintance with variety of character, than was here within my reach.” Jane is merely satisfied because she had these high expectations of what the outside world would be like yet hasn’t been able to experience them for herself. Jane moving to Thornfield has brought her adventure and obviously new experiences since being in Lowood but this is just not enough for her; she wants greater and bigger things because she is ambitious and very curious.
ReplyDelete-Illiana Placencia
Jane is happy that she has moved from Lowood, but as she moved to Thornfield she still wants to explore her options more and keep her mind open. She wants to explore because it is probably from all those books she has been reading and wants to live like the characters in those books, but she is getting on with her life and draws a lot of her happiness from Adele and Mr.Rochester. Both of these people help her out by Jane teaching Adele more about life and extending her education and with Mr.Rochester by her getting to know him and also getting to know him very well.
ReplyDeleteThornfield Hall and Mrs. Fairfax would soon enter the life of Jane Eyre in the novel. Jane is comfortable at Thornfield, but she is still restless. She would pace the top level of Thornfield as a way to collect her thoughts. “Who blames me? Many, no doubt; and I shall be called discontented. I could not help it: the restlessness was in my nature; it agitated me to pain sometimes. Then my sole relief was to walk along the corridor of the third story, backwards and forwards, safe in the silence and solitude of the spot, and allow my mind's eye to dwell on whatever bright visions rose before it.” (Chapter 12, page 130). I am glad to see that Jane has left the torment and torturous household of her previous life at Lowood and found Mrs. Fairfax, who she originally presumed was the owner of Thornfield, but turned out to be the housekeeper. Jane has started to grow more as the novel deepens, but she still longs for more. It seems that Jane is merely content with her current situation, but not satisfied as seen in Chapter 10 where she says “What do I want? A new place in a new house, among new faces, under new circumstances; I want this because it is of no use wanting anything better.” (Chapter 10, page 102) Jane still finds an escape in her imagination, taking herself to a fantasy land, such as in Chapter 12 when Jane is alone watching the moon. Jane sees a horse running towards her and this reminds her of story about a spirit called Gytrash; a horse that is meant to frighten travelers. A dog appears and she then realizes that the horse has someone riding on the back that falls to the ground. Jane helps the rider up and we are introduced to Mr. Fairfax, the owner of Thornfield. Maybe Jane is happy in her discontent, but eagerly desires a more plentiful life. I am sure as the novel continues; Jane will continue to seek out more for herself and more for the reader. In the meantime, Jane will continue to find happiness in reading and painting; that way she can imagine herself outside of her shell and in another place.
ReplyDeleteWhen Jane moved to Thornfield she was excited to be in this new place surrounded from different people. Her joy only lasted a while because soon after Jane wanted to experience more new things. She was no longer satisfied with just Thornfield. She wants to be on that rollercoaster that goes higher and higher every time, she lives for the thrill of something new and isn't satisfied as quickly. In chapter 12 she states, "...I could not help it; the restlessness was in my nature...", helping us understand more how Jane is. Her addiction to reading has made her want to be adventurous. The only thing that Jane finds her happiness from beside reading and getting closer to the lovely Mrs. Fairfax and Adele but her secret liking to Mr. Rochester. In his presence she finds this newly found happiness.
ReplyDeleteJane Eyre's lack of vigor, depressing repetitive teaching duties at Lowood did not fulfill the excitement she desired for her long time, which her yearning was always interrupted by the constant responsibilities. Jane tried to find any kind of way from getting away and freeing herself from Lowood, so Jane decided to seek exciting adventures outside in the world. Her new shift of life at Thornfield did not exactly stirred her life like she was hoping it would, as she still held the same role of teaching, which still kept a barrier between the exterior world and her governess duty with Adele. Jane was still not satisfied with her new adjustment, "I longed for a power of vision which might overpass that limit; which might reach the busy world, towns, regions full of life I had heard of but never seen, that then I desired more of practical experience than I possessed" (Page 122). Jane states her discontented life she still has and expresses her continuity to seek excitement in her life, but she finds that it is in her nature to do so and is aware of the reader blaming her for not being grateful in her new position. "I valued what was good...but I believed in the existence of other and more vivid kinds of goodness...I wished to behold."(Page 122), Jane yearns to encounter new people for the effect of acquiring new experiences, even though having found good people, Mrs. Fairfax and Adele, which were her sources of drawing happiness by coexisting and sharing with them by which she grew a relationship with them.
ReplyDelete-Gustavo Pereda
This books okay.... so far! And yes, Mr. Rochester is also part of her new happiness, as the build up for her relation with him is kind of slow, it still manages to show that she has a "sort" of attraction towards him, even though he's not all that handsome, but neither is she. - Haha
DeleteI will take Okay! Keep reading
DeleteJane is content in Thornfield, teaching Adele and having company with Mrs. Fairfax, but she expected more than she has right now. She left Lowood because it was extremely dull and gray and wanted a change of scenery, but she did not oversee Thornfield becoming the same thing that Lowood was, a day to day routine with no end in sight. She expected to be in the middle of a busting town with different things to do everyday but instead she is in the same position she was before. In Chapter 12 she explains, "I climbed the three staircases, raised the trap-door of the attic, and having reached the leads, looked out afar over sequestered field and hill, and along dim sky-line --- that then I longed for a power of vision which might overpass that limit; which might reach the busy world, towns, regions full of life I had heard of but never seen --- that then I desired more of practical experience than I possessed." She wishes for something daring, dramatic, etc. instead of what she is going through now. With the arrival of Mr. Rochester and new knowledge of Adele's upbringing, though, I think she may find what she was looking for.
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Jane is a traveler. Wether it being physical or mental. Although she has a new life in Thornfield she isn't satisfied due to her always traveling mind. The reason she long for more experiences because of the all the reading she does about the world. Jane draws happiness from Adele. She somewhat reminds her of herself when she was small, youngn and with no loving motherly figure to guide her.
ReplyDeleteJane after getting tired of living in Lowood moved to Thornfield seeking more of an eventful life. When she got there however she didn't enjoy it as much as she would have liked. She's ok with her life there because she's treated well and gets what she needs. She wants a life with adventure she wants to be around more people. She would like to be in a place more exciting surrounded by people then in a house with little human interaction. She does enjoy being with the people around her living in the house to this is where she gets the little happiness that she has from the people living with her. Jane wishes for adventure she will probably never be satisfied until she gets something that peeks her interest. The books Jane read might have made her want an adventure like it she may end up forever looking for this fantasybook happiness she wishes for.
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ReplyDeleteThe pure drive, thirst for adventure, and immense excitement is what makes up Jane's nature these attributes will push her to discover more about her life. Yet she can't help but ponder the other side of the coin, of life, that sits in waiting for her. Her drive for experience and yurn for life are calling for a range of potions and change. Proof is "I longed for a power of vision which might overpass that limit; which might reach the busy world...that then I desired more of practical experience than I possessed; more of intercourse with my kind ... I valued what was good in Mrs. Fairfax and what was good in Adele-."(page122). The meeting of Benevolent people ,like Mrs. Fairfax, Adèle and Mr. Rochester, is a change in human interaction that is one of this biggest changes for her, and is somewhat a spark for her new life of change. Every human being is bound in their life to go thought change, yet being creatures of habit this creates a counter force agents this. So for some who have had their “life changes” delayed it becomes a very extreme necessity to the extent that it controls the person’s life.
ReplyDelete-Jack Touchstone
Jane's move to Thornfield, although having a big impact on her happiness, did not entirely fulfill her desire to travel and explore the world. Like all new things the hype goes away after you've done or been somewhere for so long and I believe that was Jane's dilemma. Reading all the books she had only increased the yearning to go out into the world even more. "I longed for a power of vision which might overpass that limit; which might reach the busy world.."
ReplyDeleteFrom moving from Lowood to Thornfield, Jane was happy as it was a new beginning in her life. But as she became used to her surroundings her excitement for her changed life began to slowly fade. As she realizes that her life in Thornfield is no different than living in Lowood, she seeks for more. Even though she has Mrs. Fairfax, Adele and Mr. Rochester, Jane feels that there is more to explore and to experience. When Jane was reading books to escape from reality and her life in Lowood, they opened her mind to what the world holds and offers. As said on page 140, "I did not like re-entering Thornfield. To pass its threshold was to return to stagnation ... To seek my own lonely little room, and then to meet tranquil Mrs. fairfax, and spend the long winter evening with her, and only her, ... I was incapable of appreciating" Jane is expressing how she is living the same life and is in the same routine and is in need for change. Jane is then drawn to happiness of being a teacher to Adele and seeing her grow academically and physically also for her feelings for Mr. Rochester.
ReplyDelete- Savannah Ortivez
Hoping to live a more eventful like, Jane moves to Thornfeild. But when she arrived, she didnt respond to it as well as she had hoped. although she is comfortable there since the other people are friendly and she's treated better then back home. She has a thirst for attention. Until Jane finds her true happiness she wont feel complete. Since she uses books as an escape from the real world, theres still happiness missing that she thrives to find.
ReplyDeleteAllison Salter
When Jane moved from Lowood to Thornfield she was expecting a completely new experience. She did get a new experience but that soon turned into the normal day to day life and nothing new happened. She likes her new student but Jane isn't really ready for a life of being bound to one place as she hasn't done anything in her life. she has only been confined to a place that she couldn't leave. When she left she was hoping for a place in the middle of town and to be surrounded by the hustle and bustle of a city and to live a new more exciting life. Chapter 12 she explains, "I climbed the three staircases, raised the trap-door of the attic, and having reached the leads, looked out afar over sequestered field and hill, and along dim sky-line --- that then I longed for a power of vision which might overpass that limit; which might reach the busy world, towns, regions full of life I had heard of but never seen --- that then I desired more of practical experience than I possessed.". Part of her new found happiness comes from the relationship that she builds with Mr.Rochester as she seems to be falling in love with him and the affection for Adele as she learns about her situation.
ReplyDelete- Aaron Pingo
Jane Eyre is merely satisfied with her new life because of her desire to explore the "real world" as said in chapter 10 (Im Using an audiobook) "it did not seem as it a prop were withdrawn, but rather as it a motive were gone it was not the power to be tranquil which had failed me, but the reason for tranquility was no more. My world had for some years been in lowoods my experience had been of its rules and systems. now I remembered that the real world was wide, and that a varied field of hopes and fears, of sensations and excitements awaited those who had courage to go forth into its expanse, to seek real knowledge of life amidst its perils" and also Jane quotes " I have served here eight years; now all I want is to serve elsewhere."
ReplyDeletethose quotes explain how she wants to explore the "real world" instead of serving in the same place for eight years straight Jane wants to see what the world really is like. Jane draws her happiness from Adele as Jane is more than happy to teach her what she needs to know
Jaime Salas
Although Jane's move to Thornfield constitutes as a dramatic life shift, the inexperienced young lady craves much more for the simple fact that she is just that, an inexperienced young lady. She is only merely satisfied with her new life because she doesn't have much to account to herself and her achievements, besides the fact that she is a governess, teacher, and mentor to a young French girl. Being around Mr. Rochester, a man who is very seasoned and experienced, she has no option but to long for much more. "That is not saying much. Your pleasures, by your own account, have been few; but I dare say you did exist in a kind of artist's dreamland while you blent and arranged these strange tints." In this quote, Mr. Rochester is only reiterating the fact that Jane has barely indulged in any of life's simple pleasures. The only thing that Jane can draw happiness from is her interactions with cultivated people. Throughout the book simple conversations with Bessie, Helen, Miss Temple, Mrs. Fairfax, Adele, and Mr. Rochester about their own lives, has served to bring Jane her tiny bit of happiness.
ReplyDelete-Dayjah Harris
Jane moves to Thornfield because she began to get tired of the same old routine at Lowood and longed for a change. When she arrives to Thornfield she meets Mrs. Fairfax, who she ends up liking a lot. She also meets her new student Adele who is very bright. These two people made her stay at Thornfield very enjoyable, and it is shown on page 123 when she says "I valued what was good in Mrs. Fairfax, and what was good in Adele. Although her life was better at Thornfield, her aspirations of traveling and exploring the world were not met. Jane longs for these experience because she has never had the opportunity to do so. When she was long she stayed at the house with her aunt and cousins, as she grew up she stayed at Lowood, and now she was stuck at Thornfield. Despite her discontent with not being able to fulfill her desires, Jane was still able to be happy. She drew her happiness from her very bright student, Adele and the owner of Thornfield, Mr. Rochester. We begin to see that Jane starts developing feelings for Mr. Rochester.
ReplyDelete-Kayla Quintero
DeleteJane is constantly hindered by her sense of imprisonment. At Gateshead she sought solace in fantasy books, at Lowood she was merely content having Helen and Miss Temple as friends like Mrs. Fairfax and Adele at Thornfield. At the beginning of chapter 12, Jane explains that Thornfield was a good place for her, but still lacked the excitement she was seeking from a mundane life. While looking at the surrounding countryside Jane says “I longed for a power of vision which might overpass that limit (the horizon); which might reach the busy world, towns regions full of life I had heard of but never seen: then I desired more practical experience than I possessed; more of intercourse with my kind, of acquaintance with variety of character, than was here within my reach.” Jane has lived a relatively lonely life, meeting few people and knowing much less, a handful of people. The people in her entire life have been her cousins, Mrs. Reed, Bessie, Mr. Brocklehurst, Miss Temple, Helen, Mary, perhaps a few teachers and students, and now Mrs. Fairfax, the other servants, Adele, and Mr. Rochester. ”…I shall be called discontented. I could not help it: the restlessness was in my nature; it agitated me to pain sometimes. Then my sole relief was to walk along the corridor of the third story, backwards and forwards, safe in the silence and solitude of the spot, and allow my mind’s eye to dwell on whatever bright visions rose before it…a tale my imagination created…quickened with all of incident, life, fire, feeling, that I desired and had not had in my actual existence.” Jane has come a long way from being locked in the red room at Gateshead, but she is still very much a prisoner of her own reality. Jane wants to know more of the world, more colorful characters, and see the places she’s only read about. Jane’s satisfied that the people she lives with at Thornfield are decent but nobody is unique or unusual, that is, until Mr. Rochester arrives. Jane is captivated by Rochester when she first meets him, even though he’s a jerk, trying to get rid of her until she says she’s the teacher, not only because he’s the only man she’s ever interacted closely with, but because he’s the complete opposite of the ideal man she had built in her mind. “I had hardly ever seen a handsome youth; never in my life spoken to one…I had a reverence for beauty, elegance, gallantry, etc…I should have known instinctively that I…should have shunned them, as one would fire…” She’s consoled by Rochester’s roughness and becomes blindly attached to him after saving his life from the fire, allowing her to overlook his flaws.
ReplyDeleteJane Eyre wasn't satisfied with her life in Thornfield she was hoping for a more picturesque life. She wanted to experience what life was truly about. "That a greater fool than Jane Eyre had never breathed the breath of life; that a more fantastic idiot had never surfeited herself on sweet lies, and swallowed a poison as it were nectar."(pg.181) She didn't have no experience on being on her own and seeing places and people on her perspective. Rules and systems were part of her since she never went out of Lowood till now and she hoped to see and feel the "real world." Although, she didn't get what she hoped for herself in Thornfield, her happiness is drawn through her affection towards Mr. Rochester. "... i was honoured by a cordiality of reception that made me feel i really possessed the power to amuse him, and that these everything conferences were sought as much for his pleasure as for my benefit."(pg.165)
ReplyDeleteAilyn Flores
Jane's move to Thornfield was to mainly "makeup" for her old lifestyle , her childhood. she was now settling into a woman. But she craves change, she craves more than what she has, she searches ambition within herself, although she is satisfied with what she does have as mentioned " ... I could not help it; the restleness was in my nature; it agaitated it." Regardless of her being finally happy, she finds a "special" kind of happiness with Mr.Rochester.
ReplyDelete-Eurydice Siqueiros
Jane Eyre moved out of Lowood to gain more experience outside the real world but moving to Thornfield hasn't given her the satisfactions she desires. As governess, she, to some degree, can do as she pleases, teaching Adele, and roaming around the giant house. Despite all this liberty she doesn't go out much and isn't as happy and feels somewhat oppressed as she did when she was at Lowood. "...regions full of life I had heard of but never seen- that then I desired more of practical experience than I possessed." (23%) When she's at Thornfield, she doesn't go outside to experience the natures of the real world because she is too busy working as governess. To entertain herself and make her happy, she attempts to give company and converse with Ms. Fairfax, Mr Rochester (when he arrives and begins talking to her), and even Adele. She even begins to feel affections toward Mr. Rochester at the end of these chapters because they engage to converse deeply, thus she felt quite saddened when she figured out that he went out to another reception and he would be with Miss Ingram.
ReplyDeleteAdan Rivas
Janes move was influenced mostly from her bordem of her life, so naturally she set off to for something new hoping to experience something more eventful. At first she was satisfied with her new acquaintances Mrs. Fairfax and Adele, but soon this new life mirrored her previous life. Though her life was not bad in chapter 12 she explained, " I valued what was good in Mrs. Fairfax, and what was good in Adele; but I believed in the existence of other and more vivid kinds of goodness, and what I believed in I wished to behold." Then Mr. Rochester comes into the picture, at first he came off as cold and the awkward sightly drunk conversation did not help. Although soon Jane begins to develop feelings toward Rochester as now this relationship seems to be the excitement she has been looking for.
ReplyDeleteJane is more satisfied with her life after meeting Mr. Rochester. Even when they stumbled upon each other along the road she did not want to leave him. They both seek out and enjoy each others presence. Jane is takes pleasure in knowing she can entertain Mr. Rochester while benefiting from it as well. Janes spirit is more cheerful after seeing Mr. Rochester and her disappointment grows if she does not see him. "Gratitude, and many associations, all pleasurable and genial, made his face the object I best liked to see. His presence in a room was more cheering than the brightest fire." Jane has grown more fond of Mr. Rochester and has her best moments with him. Mr. Rochester has had a great impact on Janes life, she now looks and feels more alive because of him.
ReplyDeleteJane likes Mrs. Fairfax and Adèle and is pleased with her place at Thornfield, but knows there is more out there in the world she has yet to experience. She takes comfort from her walks along the third story corridor where she is able to let her thoughts of life desires and personal opinions wander during her walks. "...and I shall be called discontented. I could not help it; the restlessness was in my nature; it agitated me to pain sometimes. Then my sole relief was to walk... and allow my mind's eye to dwell on whatever bright visions..." Jane knows she will never be truly content with her life until she gains the experiences she imagines for herself. This will make her life incomplete and leave her in restless anticipation.
Celeste Molina
Even though Jane is happy about her move to Thornfield, she still feels as though something is holding her back from true happiness. She does find a little bit of happiness from her conversations with Mr. Rochester. "He had been looking two minutes at the fire, and I had been looking the same length of time at him, when, turning suddenly, he caught my gaze fastened on his physiognomy." Although Jane tells Mr. Rochester that she doesn't like him, she secretly admires him. The true reason that Jane feels stifled is because being in Thornfield still kind of reminds her Lowood, as far as routine, but Jane still does find her happiness with Mr. Rochester.
ReplyDelete-Shandea Linney
Jane enjoys and is satisfied with her life, but only merely, because she grows tired of living, and doing the same things on a daily basis. Jane, still being at a young age, craves adventure and excitement. On chapter 12, pg 110, Jane states, "Anybody may blame me who likes, when i add further, that, now and then, when I took a walk by myself in the grounds, when I went down the gates and I looked through them along the road; or when, while Adele played with her nurse, and Mrs.Fairfax made jellies in the storeroom, I climbed the three staircases, raised the trap-door of the attic, and having reached the leads, lookes out afar over sequestered field and hill, and along dim sky-line-that then I longed for a power of vision which might overpass the limit; which might reach the busy worlds, towns, regions full of life i had heard of better never seen-that then I desired more practical experience than I possessed; more of intercourse with my kind of acquaintances with variety of character, than was here within my reach." Jane seeks new life around her, for a different scenery where she may see and experience new things. Jane finds happiness letting her imagination roam freely, on pg.111, Jane states, "Then my sole relief was to walk along the corridor of the third storey, backwards and forwards, safe in the silence and solitude of the spot, and allow my mind’s eye to dwell on whatever bright visions rose before it—and, certainly, they were many and glowing; to let my heart be heaved by the exultant movement, which, while it swelled it in trouble, expanded it with life; and, best of all, to open my inward ear to a tale that was never ended—a tale my imagination created, and narrated continuously; quick- ened with all of incident, life, fire, feeling, that I desired and had not in my actual existence." Within this act, Jane finds comfort feeling something different, from usual, feeling excitement, astonishment, and curiosity.
ReplyDelete-Emily Sierra
Jane Eyre's move to Thornfield is the substitution of routines. In Lowood, she completed the daily tasks without excitement or spontaneity. The shift from Lowood to Thornfield is exciting and new at first because Jane is surrounded by different people. But in the end, the tasks at Thornfield become routine and dull and lifeless. She finds comfort in the people around her. "I valued what was good in Mrs. Fairfax, and what was good in Adele; but I believed in the existence of other and more vivid kinds of goodness, and what I believed in I wished to behold." Jane is yearning for excitement of new people with whom she can relate to and converse with. "It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it." Jane's dissatisfaction with her serene life at Thornfield only proves that she is an intelligent and sentient human being, tired of being stagnant.
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Jane moves to Thornfield to experience more of the exterior world, however that still doesn't meet her expectations of having a good life. On chapter 12, she says "Anybody may blame me who likes, when i add further, that, now and then, when I took a walk by myself in the grounds, when I went down the gates and I looked through them along the road; or when, while Adele played with her nurse, and Mrs.Fairfax made jellies in the storeroom, I climbed the three staircases, raised the trap-door of the attic, and having reached the leads, lookes out afar over sequestered field and hill, and along dim sky-line-that then I longed for a power of vision which might overpass the limit; which might reach the busy worlds, towns, regions full of life i had heard of better never seen-that then I desired more practical experience than I possessed; more of intercourse with my kind of acquaintances with variety of character, than was here within my reach." Which clearly states what her life is made of as far as her move to Thornfield from Lowood. However, in chapter 12 she meets Mr. Rochester who she likes very much and is also part of her happiness. This is clearly a new experience which she desires, and is also piled onto her new start as far as living in Thornfield.
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Jane Eyre becomes bored at Lowood and seeks a change in her environment. She decides to advertise herself as a teacher for hire and gets taken in at Thornfield. While residing at Thornfield, she teaches Adele and gets along well with Mrs. Fairfax and the other servants. After awhile though, the days seem like a repetitive routine and she longs for something more. Mr. Rochester, one day, arrives at Thornfield and for weeks would converse with Jane. She finds herself to be happy when she has these discussions with Mr. Rochester who tells her about different places and emotions that Jane hasn't experienced before, which becomes an interest to her.
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Jane was bored at Lowood and wanted to experience something new, which is why she put out the ad. When she arrives at Thornfield, she is surprised by area and amount of freedom she gets. 'My faculties, roused by the change of scene, the new field offered to hope, seemed all astir.' (p.109)
ReplyDeleteBut once Jane gets a taste of life at Thornfield with much more freedom than she had ever had before, she seeks for even more. Especially when she listened to Mr. Rochesters stories, she wanted to go out into the world and experience new things. 'I valued what was good in Mrs. Fairfax, and what was good in Adele; but I believed in the existence of other and more vivid kinds of goodness, and what I believed in wished to behold.' (p.122)
-Dominique Briddell
As jane leaves her life in thronfield and continues it in lowood she grows use to the same old routine having a steady job and coming home to Mr.fairfax and Adele. Although she enjoys having their company, she yearns for more a certain rush of happiness i suppose and she find that with Mr.Rochester and his stories "The ease of his manner freed me from painful restraint; the friendly frankness, as correct as cordial, with which he treated me, drew me to him. (pg.166)
ReplyDeleteWhen Ms.Temple gets married and leaves, Jane yearns for a change and wants to find a "new servitude". I feel that even after moving to Thornfield she knows that she did not get that change she wanted. But Jane is happy with Adele and Mrs.Fairfax and with Mr. Rochester. In Chapter 14, Jane already senses a deep, almost spiritual connection with him. She says, "The ease of his manner freed me from painful restraint; the friendly frankness, as correct as cordial, with which he treated me, drew me to him." (Pg 166) Rochester looks for Jane and summons her to talk to him. She simply likes speaking with him and they keep secrets with one another and that is where I think she draws her happiness from.
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Jane is pleased with her move to Thornfield because the residents are nice and kind to her. In Chapter 12 Jane says "Mrs. Fairfax turned out to be what she appeared, a placid- tempered. kind-natured woman, of competent education and average intelligence" basically It turn out to be a good start for her. Jane values how her life is now but still she wants to go out there and explore more. In pg. 122 she says "I valued what was good in Mrs.Fairfax, and what was good in Adele; but I believed in the existence of other and more vivid kinds of goodness and what i believed in I wished to behold." Jane draws her happiness from teaching Adele, been with Mrs.Fairfax and also from Mr. Rochester, she seems to get along with him.
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ReplyDeleteAfter moving to Thornfield, Jane is only merely satisfied with her new life for the reasons being that she yearns for more and still has a curiosity and desire to see the world. Although she may like her new life, she is not fully content because she knows there are more possibilities she can encounter with her new freedom and independence from leaving Lowood. On page 101, Jane thinks to herself " My world had for some years been in Lowood; my experience had been of its rules and systems; now I remembered that the real world was wide, and that a varied field of hopes and fears, of sensations and excitements, awaited those who had courage to go forth into its expanse to seek real knowledge of life amid its perils." This quote demonstrates perfectly of what expectations Jane had for herself in leaving the school. She still wishes to fulfill the things she hoped for. In this process, she wants to become her own individual since she was so used to the customs and rules at Lowood. Jane simply draws her happiness from the company of others. Jane was very content and happy with Miss Temple, her friend Helen who passed away, and just the presence of those who understand her and show her love. Her happiness only grows when she is able to enjoy life on her own being able to make her own choices and discoveries.
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Jane is only merely satisfied with her new life because all she does is her jobs. She craves new experience in her new life and she craves interaction with other people which leads to her relationship with Mr. Rochester, Adele, and Mrs. Fairfax . Besides those relationships her life is as dull as ever she left Lowood because it was extremely dull she wanted a change of scenery, but she did not oversee Thornfield becoming the same thing that Lowood was, a day to day routine with no end in sight. I also think her books might have a play in this adventurous crave of hers. Her books have created this fantasy and I think she would like to live like the characters in her books. In the end Mr. Rochester is the one who seems to contribute the most excitement to Jane's life she says in chapter 15. " I felt at times as if her were my relation rather than my master: yet he was imperious sometimes still; but I did not mind that; I saw it was his way. So happy, so gratified did I become with this new interest added to life, that I ceased to pine after kindred: my thin crescent destiny seemed to enlarge; the blanks of existence were filled up; my bodily health improved; I gathered flesh and strength." This shows how attached Jane is becoming.
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Jane’s move to Thornfield was a big step to her independence. Her being so curious of the world and not living such a routine lifestyle is what pushed her to become a governess in Thornfield. Unfortunately, Jane experiences the same boring lifestyle she had in Lowood. Jane is very unexperienced in the world because she was stuck in her dull lifestyle at Lowood. Jane reading mostly about fictional worlds filled with adventure and fun wasn’t enough for her which is why she craves for more experience in the world. Although she is treated good and can get what she needs at Thornfield Jane still wants more adventure in her life and to be with same people with common interests as her. “I belied in the existence of others and more vivid kinds of goodness and what I believed in I wished to behold.” Jane draws her happiness from Mr. Rochester. Jane gains happiness from Mr. Rochester because they get lost together in their conversations especially when Mr. Rochester talks about different places because Jane is still unexperienced in the world. Jane doesn’t know it yet but she will soon only be happy when she is with Mr. Rochester.
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ReplyDeleteJane Eyre's transition from Lowood to the Thornfield estate is from an enclosed and permanent residence to yet another stationary circumstance, to the satisfaction but not particular fascination of her roaming imagination and childlike wonder. She is content with her life at this point chiefly because of her almost intimate and unusually casual relationship with Mr.Rochester. She engages in conversations above her social status with him and this hospitality comforts her. Her attitude towards this is described as such on page 166,"The ease of his manner freed me from painful restraint; the friendly frankness, as correct as cordial, with which he treated me, drew me to him."Jane, while content at Thornfield remains unsatisfied by her life as of yet because of her inexperience in life. She yearns to explore the world and obtain a wisdom only gained by doing so.
ReplyDeleteMoving to Thornfield didn’t fully satisfy her desires because she has just developed another routine. She continues to long for more of the world because it’s something she has expected ever since she was young. The fantasy worlds that had swallowed her (via books) pushed her expectations of the outside life to be higher. In chapter 12, Jane states, “…I longed for a power of vision which might over pass that limit; which might read the busy world, towns regions full of life I had heard of, but never seen; that then I desired more of practical experience than I possessed; more of intercourse with my kind, of acquaintance with variety of character than was here within my reach” (pg 122). Though Jane values the good in the people in the house, such as Mrs. Fairfax and Adele, she believes in “the existence of other and more vivid kinds of goodness” and craves the experience. Jane later draws her happiness from Mr. Rochester’s presence.
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Jane's move from a hateful place in her life to a stable position is a dramatic change. She becomes somewhat respected and taken care of in a humane way and the lack of drama and challenge is lost. There is no one to fight against or prove herself to and no one to push her to become better than she is. To be unlike her step sisters was a push and a challenge and to study and be the best she was in spite of the overseer was her next challenge, and now she is comforted and taken care of. Nothing to spite or challenge or to learn she becomes almost bored. "My world had for some years been in Lowood; my experience had been of its rules and systems; now I remembered that the real world was wide, and that a varied field of hopes and fears, of sensations and excitements, awaited those who had courage to go forth into its expanse to seek real knowledge of life amid its perils."
ReplyDeleteJane's move from a world of hurt to a better place of course marks a dramatic change. She was so used to being mistreated that she didn't know anything else. When she finally gets somewhat respected and gets praised she begins to eel better about herself. There is now no stress in her life caused by the everyday routine. Jane still continues to draw her happiness from books and her new world. The reason why moving to Thornfield didn't fully satisfy her full desires is because she was always locked up in her old home. She never truly had the opportunity to go out there and express herself so now that she has the opportunity to she wants to take the full opportunity. No one could now challenge or question her in her new life. She no longer has to seek books all the time as a source of comfort .
ReplyDeleteAll of Janes life she was forced into strict routines, oppressive rules, and was made to conform to standards. Although leaving to Thornsfield was a big leap, Jane still longs for a life with more action and excitement. She wishes to explore the world, find herself, and have human experiences such as falling in love. " I desired more of practical experiences I did not possess; more of intercourse with my kind, of aquaintance with a variety in character." Jane secretly begins to find joy in Rochester and his peculiar ways.
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Delete"It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot fine it."(page 122) Jane Eyre sees only to be satisfied or contempt in her work. She sees no use in loving her job. Maybe because of her past, she only sees the bad in every situation. Jane cannot comprehend the meaning of actual satisfaction in her work. -Zulema Pena
ReplyDeleteWhen Jane moved from Lowood to Thornfield she was expecting a completely new experienc, but in the end she realizes it is again more boring day to day life. Although Jane grows fond of her new student, she isn't really ready for a life of being trapped in one place, wanting to more with her life, realizing she has always been trapped in one place and now another. When she left she was hoping for a place in the middle of town and to be surrounded by the exciting city and have a more meaningful and eventful life. In Chapter 12 she explains, "I climbed the three staircases, raised the trap-door of the attic, and having reached the leads, looked out afar over sequestered field and hill, and along dim sky-line --- that then I longed for a power of vision which might overpass that limit; which might reach the busy world, towns, regions full of life I had heard of but never seen --- that then I desired more of practical experience than I possessed.". Part of her new found happiness comes from the relationship that she begins to build with Mr.Rochester, as she appears to be falling in love with him, and developing affection for Adele as she learns about her situation.
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When Jane climbed up the attic, she longed for a view point of the world that no one else can see. Jane's happiness that she draws in, comes from what she sees as the goodness of Mrs. Fairfax and Adele. Jane thinks "I valued what was good in Mrs. Fairfax, and what was good in Adele; but I believed in the existence of other and more vivid kinds of goodness, and what I believed in I wished to behold." (pg. 122) Showing that Jane is driven by the thought of being motivated to do good. Jane wants to, not so much as be the good she imagines, but simply behold or see it to let her know that the source of her happiness is true and a legitimate cause.
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