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“hate should strike me down” and as it should, rochester. like i dont despise his character by any means, i truly do sympathize with his situation because its BAD, but the way he takes advantage of jane’s trust and ignorance and attempts to condemn her to a situation she is completely unaware of is undeniably fucked up and for that, he does deserve every bad thing that comes to him in this story.

“i feigned courtship of miss ingram, because i wished to render you as madly in love with me as i was with you; and i knew jealously would be the best ally i could call in for the furtherance of that end.” ahhhhh i fucking KNEW IT. i swearrrr i don’t remember this from my first read at all but i guess it was kind of obvious either way

“you know very well you are thinking of another… and that he is not thinking of you” janeee :((((((

GOOD RIDDANCE MRS REED!!! HELL IS HOT FOR BITCHES LIKE YOU

pt.6
ALSO him mentioning that miss ingram is buxom (this must be wildly inappropriate to discuss?? but as we know rochester has no fucking chill) damn well knowing that jane is flat chested is plain mean like i’d kill myself right in front of him

pt.5
but like rochester saying “the night before i am married… will you promise to sit up with me to bear me company? to you i can talk of my lovely one…” is cruel and unusual punishment like truly what did jane do to deserve this

pt.4
this aligns perfectly when earlier, regarding a past lover, he says to jane “you never felt jealousy did you, miss eyre? of course not… because you never felt love” so it makes complete sense that he would want to make her jealous to see if she loves him!!! omg the hints charlotte brontë drops throughout this novel are unmatched she’s such a good fucking writer. i see you girl and i eat it uppp

pt.3
but because rochester does love jane, he tries to make her jealous when she appears ignorant to his advances, partly because he is petty and frustrated , but also because he wants to gage her reaction to see if the idea of him being wed to another woman upsets her. i would think he hopes if she can recognize this upset then maybe she would realize her true feelings.

pt.2
he even tells her as he’s disguised, “chance has meted you a measure of happiness… it depends on you to stretch out your hand..” so he literally is encouraging her to return his affections BUT he is also aware that (because he knows her so well) “she will not let feelings burst away and hurry her to wild chasms..” it would seem he wants to leave the decision up to her so to not make her uncomfortable

pt.1
i have such a love/hate relationship with rochester trying to make jane jealous by using his prospect of marriage to miss ingram. on one hand it’s literally cruel and i want him to fuck off and die because of it but on the other hand considering jane is his employee and she is CONSIDERABLY younger than him, i do think he is waiting for her to make a move since he has already made PLENTY.

either way he loves her simpleton ass he literally fucking disguised as an old woman and requested to read her fortunes just to “draw her out” as he soooo badly wants to do like??? also how he obviously is trying to make her jealous by bringing up miss ingram is sick, like he pushes so hard to elicit a reaction from her and i love how she refuses to give it to him she’s such a tough bitch i love ittttt

why’d rochester just call jane a simpleton? i know he likes to be sarcastic and shit but i’ll kill him.

jane is being way too forgiving and understanding towards rochester and miss ingram. i would literally be plotting to ruin both of their lives honestly at this point. like that bitch is not gonna call me dumb and get away with it i’ll tell you that much

UGH the angst is so good right now. so painful but so good. jane doesn’t know how long rochester will be gone and after realizing her feelings is upset by the idea that he could find himself another woman but little does she know the reason he fled is literally because he embarrassed himself in front of her and thinks he came on too strong in the heat of the moment!!!! sigh i’m literally broken-hearted for jane

omg jane is into it tho like she is on edge waiting for this man to come see her and now that she knows he has gone ten miles away to LORD MF INGRAM (future problem) she’s so deflated ugh my girllllll TRUST HE WANTS YOU TOO TRUSTTTT

““go then jane; go!” but he still retained my hand, and i could not free it.” you’re joking.

lock that man up in the attic. down badness on levels such as this warrant jail time. (im loving this sm jane deserves a man to be this obsessed with her)

“return to your own room”
“good-night, then, sir”
“what!… are you quitting me already and in that way?”
moments later:
“my cherished preserver, goodnight!”
*jane goes to leave
“what! will you go?”
WHAT THE FUCK IS HE DOING OMG HE’S SO EMBARRASSING?? LIKE ARE YOU TRYING TO FUCK OR SOMETHING OMG IS HE GOOD????? his desperation is jaw dropping. he’s lucky jane’s none the wiser omfg bro chill

“you have saved my life. i have a pleasure in owing you so immense a debt… i feel your benefits no burden, jane” omg i love jane to bits but she’s oblivious as hell for hearing this and not comprehending rochester’s affection. like bye. but she’s just a girl with no history of male interaction i cannot fault her.

“his great kindness to me was balanced by unjust severity to many others” when you think about it, charlotte brontë might have created the ‘i hate everyone but you trope’

kinda hate how rochester treats jane like she is this naive child when her words and actions are far more mature than his

“women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel” laying the foundations for feminism as always

little does jane know the laugh she just heard was from his insane wife he keeps in the attic lol

“so you have no ghost then?” lmaoooooo well not quite

“you were no beauty as a child” …jane you’re beautiful to me🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

mrs. fairfax is requesting jane to work at thornfield…. it’s happening.

helen’s about to die and im about to cry

“when we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again and very hard… so hard as to teach the person who struck us never to do it again” THIS IS WHY I LOVE JANE. even at ten years old she knew what the fuck was up and refused to take shit from anyone. only 35 pages in and she stays secure in that spot as one of my favorite literary heroines.

“I thought the swift darting beam was a herald of some coming vision from another world” yessss omg i forgot how much i love the spiritual aspect of this book

bro fuckkkkk her fucking aunt and cousins bro fuck them all i cannot believe she goes back to see these losers toward the end of the book

re-reading because i need something good in my life