[ SECRET POST #4498 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4498 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

They got each other's jokes. And, Jane had a bit of a morbid streak, that helps.

But mostly Rochester looks at her and doesn't think "drab, creeping thing" like Blanche, or "made for work" like St John, the other suitor. He sees Jane as a wild bird, as someone of *character*, who could stand, still and grave and unbowed on the brink of Hell.

He admires her, is what I'm saying. He sees her as she wants to be seen. Difficult to walk away from that, buddy.

[(Anonymous)]

That's not quite what the secret is addressing I don't think

[(Anonymous)]

The secret is asking, "what readers see in Rochester," and "am I the only one who thinks she deserves better?" (slightly paraphrased).

Rochester gets Jane's humour. She gets his. That's what I, as a reader, see in him to make him a viable romantic prospect. How is my comment not relevant to the secret? You've honestly lost me.

And, we see the "good" suitor, St John, a self-righteous, emotionally manipulative missionary. While I could argue that there are plenty of potential marriage prospects for the heiress Jane is at the end of the book, and she'd be advisable to wait a bit, inside the book those are her options. Rochester ain't looking so bad after St John, I swear.

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If you want to talk about the popularity of generic romantic bad boys, we can do that, but that's not the secret.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, I guess the reason that it seemed off to me is because it mostly read like a list of reasons that he, Rochester, would be attracted to her, Jane. But I do see your point now.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, I see.

Well, I think Jane's starved for affection. Much of her life she's been considered a burden, a nuisance, or only valued for the work she can do. (A couple of people at the school? But one died and the other left to marry.)

And now this clever, eloquent guy likes to play word games with her. He trusts her in desperate situations; he thinks her art is evocative; he describes her (who considers herself ugly) in a pleasing way... that's heady stuff for a teenage girl. And, he is considerate of her small comforts in ways that are uncommon in her life. He has great regard for her, and she responds to that. He makes her feel good about herself.

He's also... don't get me wrong, hiding the marriage and the violent madwoman aren't good things to do... but he's much less of a bastard, socially, than your standard Generic Brooding Bad Boy.