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y can get married, but it is not smooth. At this time Mason appears to wedding, he speaks Mr. Rochester has a wife and she lives in the Thornfield Hall, (this women is that the crazy woman frequently appears to look like ghost).When Jane knows all things, she feels embarrassed very much, but she decides to leave there. If she leaves, she can retain her self-respect; if she stays, she will become Rochester’s mistress. Finally, she decides to leave Thornfield Hall. Because living with Rochester as his mistress means the loss of her dignity. Rochester’s oppression does not come from the fact that Rochester wants to marry Jane without telling her his mad wife’s story. Here the point is that Rochester’s love oppresses Jane and jeopardizes her independence. Jane knows, facing Rochester, she is no longer as independent as before. Jane’s heart is always in a state of intense struggle. Her willing devotes herself to Rochester, but she still tries to grasp her own soul. When the secret is discovered, Rochester hopes that Jane can go with her in the name of love. Jane is nearly shaken. After all, she keeps her individual soul. Why does Jane leave? In my opinion, when he meets Jane, Rochester is planning to change his lifestyle. Giving up his wild, dissipated life on the continent, he’s searching for freshness and freedom. Rochester’s goal is self-transformation, a reformation to be enacted through his relationships with women. Longing for innocence and purity, he wants Jane to be the good angel in his life, creating new harmony. Despite these desires for a new life, Rochester is still caught in a web of lies and immorality: He attempts bigamy and then tries to convince Jane to be his mistress. He also tries to objectify Jane by clothing her in expensive satins and laces, leaving her feeling like a “performing ape.” Although Rochester has critiqued Blanche Ingram and Céline Varens for their materialism and superficiality, here he seems to be mimicking them. Rochester’s passions and materialism need to be disciplined before he can be the proper husband for Jane. 4. Jane Eyre Refusing Mr. St. John River’s Courting St. John Rivers is cold, hard-hearted, and repressed. His handsome appearance indicates moral and intellectual superiority-he has “a straight, classic nose; quite an Athenian mouth and chin”- and contrasts with Rochester’s more rugged features. Although St. John initially appears perfect, Jane soon detects a restlessness or hardness under his seemingly placid features. He is “no longer flesh, but marble” and his heart seems made of “stone or metal.” His reserve and brooding suggest a troubled nature, and his zealous Christianity offers him neither serenity nor solace. St. John’s feelings about Christianity are revealed in his sermons, which have a “strictly restrained zeal” that shows his bitterness and hardness. While Rochester vents his passions, St. John represses his. The iciness of St. John’s character is most pronounced in his relationship with Rosamond Oliver. Although he “flushes” and “kindles” at the sight of her, St. John would rather turn himself into “an automaton” than succumb to Rosamond’s beauty or fortune. His ambition cuts St. John off from all deep human emotions. St. John would like to have been a politician, a poet, or anything that could have offered him glory, fame, and power. His solution is to become a missionary, a position that will require all of these skills. In Jane’s point of view, John is selfish and