Explore and describe the significance of Jane’s reaction to the revelation of ‘Bertha’.
Jane is very different from other women Rochester has been linked with in the past, instead of being flirty and air headed Jane knows her own mind and does not back down easily for love, we see this a lot in this chapter because even though she loves Rochester she still walks away from him.
Throughout the novel it is shown that Jane is a very strong women, because she refused to call John Reed master and she stood up to her aunt. This does not change when she finds out about Bertha, she does not back down and let her passion and love for Rochester overcome what she believes is right. This is what makes Jane different to women like Bertha and Blanche Ingram. Jane and Bertha are alter egos, Bertha is what Jane would be if she gave in to her passion, because Jane can control herself and knows that the way Bertha acts is self-destructive. Jane is different from Blanche Ingram because, Blanche does not want to marry for love but just for money where as Jane wanted to marry Rochester for love. We know this when Rochester pretends to be a gypsy and tells Blanche Ingram that he’s only worth quarter of what he said he was worth, which makes her upset.
Rochester loves Jane because she is different from the women he’s been with in the past, and Jane knows this because when she’s talking to him before she leaves, she says that if she did not she would be the same as every other women and will