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still made a decision to leave．She knew if she agreed
with Rochester， she woul d fell into the category of mistress and
lost her respect． The dream of freedom， happiness and the in—
dependence which she was looking forward to were fancies． Being
a mistress was a tragedy． The strength of reason was power over
emotion．Jane left Thornfield resolutely to meet unknown fate in
the foture．
T0 get dignity， freedom and independence， Jane had
roamed for two days． She almost starved to death． Luckily， St
John helped her．Jane was arranged to be with St John s sisters．
Jane won the sisters love because Jane was so firm，kind and in—
telligent．But Jane didn t want to depend on her cousins for liv—
ing，she accepted the job offered by St John，acting as a teacher
in a village schoo1． Jane gained social respect because of her
hardworking． Thus， she was self—sufficient and entirely relied
on herself Her independent and rebellious characters were further deepe ned．
Jane s spirits of revolt was obviously expressed by her re．
fusal 0f St John S ofer of marriage．Jan e never cha nged her will
to folow St John．She thought，“If I join St John，I abandon half
myself, if I go to India． I go to prema ture death”
，
“if I do made
the sacrifice he urges， I'l throw al on the altar—heart， vitals，
the entife victims．’’@Jane said to St John
，
“I scom your idea 0f
love”． Jane dared to rebel against St John S ofer because she
thought they were equa1．She had the right to rebel against him．
Since St John only loved God，getting ready to devote his everything
even life to religion，he WaSh t worth being loved by Jane．
In Jane S eyes，St John COuld live as a tol to serve God．Jane s
rebe llious wil was to finn， St John S every efort couldn t
change her idea．Jan e knew if she agreed with St John ，she was
also a to l to se rve him． Happiness and indepe ndence wouldn t
belong to her any longer． She wouldn t get true love forever， she
must do wha t she wanted to do． She wouldn t be tray her wil1．
Her sincere love for Rochester finally cause d her to go back to
Thomfield．
Influenced by psychic experience， Jane seemed to hear
Rochester s supe rnatural cal1． Her spirit felt victorious over her
body， so Jane revisited Th ornfield．Surprisingly，Everything at
Thomfield cha nged： the hall lied in ruins． Th omfield was destroyed
in a big fire． It was Rochester s lunatic wife who set fire
to the Hal1． Rochester was the last to leave the burning Hal1．
Unfortunately， when Rochester tried to save hi s mad wife， he was
injured badly．Now，his wife was dead， he was blind in both
eyes an d crippled by losing an a咖． He was n t the rich man as
be fore． He ha d already lost all his prope rty． At this moment， in
common people s eyes， it was not proper for Jan e to marry
Rochester．What s more，Jane was now rich．Her Uncle John in
Madeira had died and left her inheritance． However， in spite of
common barriers，Jane married Rochester．She told Rochester she
would be his neighbor， his nurse， his house keeper， she didn t
think Rochester was ruin， lighting—struck tree． Nothing could
stop her． To be Rochester s wife was happy as she could be on
the earth．Jan e got true love，freedom and independence．Just as
she said． “I hold myself supremely blest— — blest beyond what
language can express； because I am my husband s life as fully as
he is mine． No wom