Social Cues, Ghosts, And The Societal Binding Of Love

As a result of the patriarchy of the times the dominance of Jane by Rochester is seen as love, but feels like a stranglehold to Jane who is suspicious of it. His love feels textbook, however, and Jane begins to feel as more of an accessory than a loved one. Charlottle Brontà «Ã¢â‚¬â„¢s novel â€Å"Jane Eyre† examines social cues, ghosts, and the societal binding of love in three volumes, in all of which show love as a tool rather than a meaning of expression. What becomes of love when one in constrained into it but loses their autonomy and simply becomes an object of heightened societal status? Mr. Rochester, in his demanding ideals of a perfect wife, attempts to mold Jane into an onrament of status rather than a woman that he loves. Rochester, as soon†¦show more content†¦Jane’s desire for love is brought about from a lifetime of absence, and still to her, this love feels forced and like a master/slave relationship. The idea of Mr. Rochester as a master and Jane as a slave is brought up early on, especially because of their initial relationship as employer and employee. While the concept is not fully developed until Jane’s paragraph describing their shopping outing together, the idea is still there in societal constructs. The formula of man dominating woman is prevalent in Jane Eyre both in the time period it is set in and when the novel was published. The notion of man dominating woman, however, is a fantasy of the time, according to Jean Wyatt who asserts that â€Å"romantic love fantasies exert a pull toward traditional feminine passivity and dependence by promising happiness to her who sits and waits for the right man to sweep her away†¦Ã¢â‚¬  (Wyatt 201). A colloquial idea of romance is set in this society and Rochester is taking advantage of that, creating a set world for Jane, who wants no part of it besides the physical love that she exerts. The passive nature of Jane is no t in her description and this is part of the reason why this text is considered widely feminist; because the attributes of Jane correspond to an independent, pro-woman, anti patriarchy being, one who does not conform with this type of love, nor accepts it. The master/slave vernacular is