I can see that, absolutely; Gothic lit is my FAVOURITE EVER partly because of its monsters/Others, so I'm familiar with that. And obv the moment when Bertha rips the veil is pretty ragey. But I dunno... it might not have been published otherwise, but Bertha's death does a lot to negate that for me. Jane's rage is extinguished and she marries.
Heh, I wonder if you've also done the psychoanalytic-reading-of-JE class? Again it's a sort-of for me. Rochester's clearly deliberately brought down a bit to make them equals, but... It may just be the way it's phrased (particularly since it brings Biblical parallels to mind) but the fact that Jane becomes his "eyes" feels a bit 'oh look she has married and become subsumed'.
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Date: 2010-03-08 11:04 pm (UTC)Heh, I wonder if you've also done the psychoanalytic-reading-of-JE class? Again it's a sort-of for me. Rochester's clearly deliberately brought down a bit to make them equals, but... It may just be the way it's phrased (particularly since it brings Biblical parallels to mind) but the fact that Jane becomes his "eyes" feels a bit 'oh look she has married and become subsumed'.