#rochester x jane

[darklinaforever]

Me, being tired of people trying to explain that Rose didn't really love Jack, that she only loved an idea of ​​him, that it was all superficial and hormonal...

Like, I'm the first to not believe in love at first sight in reality, but in fiction it's different.

Rose and Jack are symbolically coded as soulmates by the story, even before they meet.

That's why they fall so quickly in love with each other when they finally meet.

Rose and Jack notably share a love for the art world. Something that Rose is the only one around her and that no one understands. Jack is a literal artist. They even like the same artists !

Rose is someone who is locked away and yearns for freedom. Jack is literally a free spirit.

Rose rejects the inherently misogynist and patriarchal society, just like Jack.

Rose has a fire burning inside her and immense strength, just like Jack, but he is the only one who allows her to finally express all of that.

There is also the simple fact that they are able to understand each other very quickly. For example, Jack understanding that Rose would never jump. Or, the fact that Rose already knew that Jack was innocent for stealing the necklace, as she told him when she went to find him. For what ? Because as Jack told her as he was being taken away, she knows him. The fact that Jack trusts her completely, even when things seem very bad ? (hello the ax ?!) And so does she ?

Or also, the rather funny fact that they talk at the same time when they are annoyed with the guy who is lecturing them about a door when the boat is sinking.

All this to say that I'm tired of people trying to rationalize fictional romances. Especially when they are as well constructed as Rose & Jack.

I'm already tearing my hair out at those who say that we shouldn't see Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights as romances...

[ewa-jednak-chce-spac]

[obscurelittlebird]

Incorrect Quotes: Jane Eyre (70/?)

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[fitswilliamdarcy]

JANE EYRE (2011) dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga

[florida3exclamationpoints]

Jane Eyre (2006) as text posts: pt. 4/?

[the-fairy-thing]

Jane and Rochester are my favourite couple hands down but funny enough one of my favourite scenes in the book is their breakup. Not only is it filled with such raw emotions and passion but Charlotte Brontë fed us so much poetic symbolism on their wedding night!!!

1. Rochester bridal carries Jane down the stairs when she felt faint. What stereotypically happens on a wedding night? A groom bridal carries his bride to the bedroom to consummate the marriage. Ironic how it’s reversed… they are descending the stairs and leaving the bedroom.

2. Rochester seating Jane in his chair. His chair symbolizes authority and power. Jane sits in his chair because symbolically she now holds the power and authority over what happens to their relationship. Having Rochester place Jane in his chair foreshadows his realization at the end of the scene that he is in fact powerless, and there is nothing he can do to make Jane stay unless it’s of her own free will. His fate lies within her choice.

3. Again, Charlotte plays with the theme of traditional marriage ceremonies and gives Jane & Rochester reverse wedding vows. Typically in the marriage ceremony there is a vow made followed by an “I do”. Charlotte cleverly uses this but makes it a vow of separation between Jane and Rochester. He pleads to Jane if she really means to go and Jane replies “I do”, then Rochester repeatedly asks if she means it after kissing her to which Jane responds “I do” each time.

4. Rochester’s “I could bend her with my finger and thumb” speech. This whole monologue is full of symbolism as Rochester reasons with himself if physical violence would be his last resort in making Jane stay. Nothing he has said could convince her to yield. He knows he is powerless, though there is one place he still knows he holds more power… in his physical strength. He verbalizes in pretty graphic symbolism what would happen if this option would get him what he wants (Jane) but it won’t do. Even if he got to Jane’s body he wouldn’t have her soul (and that’s really what he wants). He realizes the ONLY way he can have Jane is if her will decides it and this is the moment he finally lets her go.

[thetivarabbithole]

Me: I hate clichés.

Author: dark brooding character hates the sweet naïve character, but later falls for them

Me: *screaming* OMG THE DARK BROODING CHARACTER HATES THE SWEET NAIVE CHARACTER, BUT LATER FALLS FOR THEM

[eva-eyre]

get you a man who calls you the weirdest nicknames like mustard seed and firmly believes you’re an elf

[kseniayahz]

still under the influence of this little hyperfixation

[nymphpens]

[darklinaforever]

What kills me is that Thomas's declaration to Edith is essentially reminiscent of Rochester's declaration to Jane and Mia Wasikowska herself ultimately played Jane Eyre ! I find the coincidence funny.

[lausdoodles]

Jane Eyre characterss My friends gifted me this book for my birthay and i loved it!! So here some character design like i did before for Wuthering Heights eheh

[obscurelittlebird]

Incorrect Quotes: Jane Eyre (71/?)

[susiehunsecker-remade]

where's that post that says knuckle tattoos that say JANE EYRE. anyways. simple doodles of her based on what i pictured she looked like from the book. needed to draw her to get the demons out

[florida3exclamationpoints]

Jane Eyre (2006) as text posts: pt. 6/?