In the novel Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, Tita struggles to find emotional stability throughout her life, leading to a problematic relationship with egotistical Pedro. Whereas in the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, Jane grows into a self-sustaining woman, allowing her and Rochester to help each other through their trauma of family neglect. Therefore, while Tita seems to be emotionally unstable for a passionate relationship with Pedro, Jane proves that she is now mentally mature to marry Rochester despite his faults.
In Like Water for Chocolate, Tita’s incapability to express and evaluate her feelings in a healthy way shows her need for an unselfish person, unlike Pedro who is inconsiderate of others’ feelings. Tita finally
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Tita “breaking chunks of tortilla,” displays her lack of calmness in the argument to get her point across to Rosaura, implying that Tita is unable to express her words in a reasonable manner. As a result of her anger, the chickens “disappeared from the face of the earth,” representing Tita’s suppressed emotions in wishing that Rosaura should disappear, further showing Tita’s unhealthy mindset. During Tita and John’s wedding, Pedro gets jealous and dances with Tita while John is watching: “As they danced, John followed them with his eyes, with a look full of affection and just a hint of resignation. Tenderly Pedro touched his …show more content…
Jane requests to return to the Reed house, after learning about her cousin’s suicide and her aunt, Mrs. Reed’s, illness; however Rochester questions, “And what good can you do her… you say she cast you off,” Jane replies, “Yes, sir, but that is long ago; and when her circumstances were very different: I could not be easy to neglect her wishes now” (Brontë 227). Jane looks beyond that Mrs. Reed “cast[ed] her off,” implying that she has grown to let go of grudges and developed a mature mentality. The irony of Jane’s inability to “neglect her wishes,” infers how the injustice treatment of Mrs. Reed unaffectedly brings Jane to look past the situation by visiting the Reeds in a time of sorrow. In addition, Rochester attempts to convince his wedded Jane to stay with him, after learning about his mad wife; Rochester claims that his father had “sent [him] out to Jamaica, to espouse a bride already courted for” him but only so his brother and father to get “thirty thousand pounds,” Rochester further admits to Jane that “you know now that I had but a hideous demon. I was wrong to attempt to deceive you…I feared early instilled prejudice: I wanted to have you safe before hazarding confidences. This was cowardly” (Brontë 320). Rochester’s childhood neglection of his brother and father to trade him for money instills in him
Mrs. Reed likewise separates Jane from the Reeds’ social circle by confining her to the nursery while her cousins spend their days in the drawing room (22) and calling Mr. Lloyd, the apothecary for “ailing servants,” instead of the family physician for Jane’s illness (15), thus placing her among the servants. However, the servants too reject Jane from their group—Miss Abbot told Jane that she is “less than a servant” because she does “nothing for [her] keep” (9). Jane thus
When Pedro speaks with Tita's mother, he fails at his
Jane develops a *find quote about jane thinking her crush on Rochester is childlike* but is morally derailed when it is revealed that Mr. Rochester has been hiding his feral wife in the attic. This presents Jane with the arduous decision of choosing to stay with her love or to leave in the night. Jane chooses the latter the author, Emily Brontë writes, ***find quote**. Though this must have been a difficult decision, Jane choose, out of her selfless nature, to pursue an uncertain and dangerous path just to preserve a principled world. This is not only an impressive response when she was tested but it is a display of feminism.
Mrs. Reed’s children do the same and are vicious toward Jane. John Reed, Mrs. Reed’s son, and the other children proclaim, "you are a dependent, mama says; you have no money; your father left you none; you ought to beg, and not to live here with gentlemen's children like us, and eat the same meals we do, and wear clothes at our mama's expense" (Bronte 5). Mrs. Reed does not come to Jane's defense when John is throwing these insults; instead, she allows her children to mistreat Jane and use these scathing words toward her. Later on, Jane is forced to attend Lowood, a school for orphans, where she meets Miss
Rochester. Jane immediately fell in love with him, but she kept her composure and acted as if nothing ever happened. “Her need for love is compounded with a female sense that love must be purchased through suffering and self-sacrifice.” (Dunn, 467). Jane tries and tries again to deny the feelings that she has for him by saying, “Mr. Rochester, I will not be yours.”
Finally, the details about society show that Jane recognizes the standards of her victorian society and needs to abide by them. After Jane had thought awhile, she no longer “felt justified in judging” Mr. Rochester and Blanche for “acting in conformity to ideas and principles instilled into them.” Though Jane wishes to be loved by Mr. Rochester, she comes to the realization that rich men do not marry lower-class women in her
He ignores her “plainness” and finds her true beauty to be her personality (Bronte 177). Jane is just an orphan and Rochester is a wealthy, well respected man. In the Victorian era, their significant social class difference posed a challenge for their relationship. Rochester fights the social norms and tries to marry Jane no matter what. The authors of A Dialogue of Self and Soul: Plain Jane’s Progress explain how “not because he is princely in manner, but because, being in some sense her equal, he is the only qualified critic of her art and soul” further proving that Rochester is the only one for Jane (Gilbert and Gubar 352).
Rochester to act in questionable ways towards his relationship with Jane, and affects Jane’s life and her relationship with Mr. Rochester. Prior to meeting Jane, Mr. Rochester got tricked into marrying an insane woman, and the effects of that relationship on Mr. Rochester causes issues involving trust and secrecy surrounding his and Jane’s relationship. At Jane and Edward’s wedding, Mr. Mason interrupts the wedding and accuses Mr. Rochester of already having a currently living wife, and although at first he tries to deny it, he then admits that he has “been married: and the woman to whom I was married lives!... I daresay you have many a time inclined your ear to gossip about the mysterious lunatic kept there under watch and ward.” (Brontë 296).
Arguably, Helen’s short presence in Jane’s life influences Jane’s many of Jane’s decisions throughout the test. First, Jane forgives Mrs. Reed for her cruel treatment during Jane’s childhood. Jane also forgives Mr. Rochester for his deception and decides to return to him, all before knowing about the fire and Bertha Mason’s death. Just as Jesus preached to his disciples to forgive and live a pure life. In Maria Lamonaca’s literary criticism, "Jane's Crown of Thorns: feminism and Christianity in Jane Eyre" she states, “[Helen’s] example and beliefs serve Jane in good stead later in the novel.
Jane Eyre is a book about mind over heart, a lot of the time. But this is not the case with all characters, namely, Mr. Edward Rochester of Thornfield, he is a very flawed character. One of these flaws is that Mr. Rochester is something of a habitual liar or a secretive person. Not with little things, but big plot points in this can be contributed to Rochester lying about his life to, the unfortunate recipient Jane. Mr. Rochester’s motives for lying are usually for his own personal gain.
(222). Pedro and Tita’s actions caused her to lose interest in marrying a respectable man who could take care of her for the rest of her life. Although Tita had the option to marry a man who could provide for her, her passionate actions caused her to lose sight of what was really important. People irrationally follow their heart when inside they know that is not what’s best for
Rochester 's Redemption: The Taming of the Byronic Hero "Reader, I married him." (Brontë, p. 444). Jane 's triumphant declaration at the end of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë is a hard-earned resolution to Jane 's year-long decision to leave Mr. Rochester to uphold her moral convictions rather than remain as his submissive mistress in bigamy. Yet, not much attention is paid to Mr. Rochester 's evolution in this time, and we only see him as a dramatically reformed man at the end of the novel. Although Mr. Rochester 's role in the novel is perhaps subsidiary to Jane 's insofar as signposting her development throughout her time at Thornfield and beyond, it is arguable that he had to undergo a process of redemption of his own so that Jane could
Reed, “What would Uncle Reed say to you, if he were alive?” (Brontë 24). Mrs. Reed, at first, was terrified when Jane abruptly stated this. This is a major turning point for Jane, though, because it shows her strength to speak up and stand up for herself, which she does, in the next few chapters when she goes to school and meet people who aren’t abusive towards her.
Jane leaving Rochester to rot is a justified consequence of his actions, the torment of him yearning for Jane and suffering alone is a sufficient punishment. Leaving Rochester to his own torment among a spiral of horrible events that happen. Rochester had a secret wife hidden away in an attic, Bertha, who had caused trouble throughout the house commits suicide and burns down the house. While trying to save Bertha, Rochester impairs his eyes and loses almost all of his
Topic: Marriage in “Jane Eyre” In “Jane Eyre” Charlotte Brontë rejects the traditional role of women subdued by social conceptions and masculine authority by generating an identity to her female character. Thesis: Jane´s personality will bring into being a new kind of marriage based on equality, meanwhile her choice for romantic fulfilment will depend solely on her autonomy and self-government. Introduction Charlotte Brontë´s “Jane Eyre” stands as a model of genuine literature due to the fact that it breaks all conventions and stereotypes and goes beyond the boundaries of common romance in order to obtain love, identity and equality. 1.