"Will you promise to sit up with me to bear me company? To you I can talk of my lovely one." Pg: 221
I believe that Rochester does not intend on marrying Miss Ingram ever, but as he says this, I cannot help but feel that he seems to be testing Jane, or putting her on trial to see what her response would be to what he has just said. I think that he wants to see if Jane, through the good and the bad, will stay true to him and always love him, no matter what may come between them, like a marriage. By her saying that she will do this for him, Rochester now fully understands the extent that Jane loves and cares for him. I think that with him now knowing this, he can now confirm, to himself, that he loves Jane and that he trully wants to marry her because she possesses qualities and traits that he admires to a great extent.
I guess you don't judge him harshly for this "test."
ReplyDeleteNo because he is in love with Jane and in Rochesters mind he believes he is making Jane love him more and more by creating this situation. When it comes to love, anything goes, there are no rules. This is how Rochester views this subject, I believe
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