John "enlists" Jane to join his band of Christian mercenaries. He wants a wife he can "influence efficiently" and "retain absolutely," rather than someone he loves. Marriage to St. John would traumatically erase Jane's identity and douse her passions for life.St John's marriage proposal to Jane is made without love and passion – he presents it as a job, not as a relationship. He is very cold when he describes how he feels about Jane, suggesting that she was formed for God's work and not for love, implying that no one will love her.St.
John proposed marriage to Jane as if he were proposing to buy a dairy cow. He thought she would make a useful missionary companion, and therefore he thought they should be married at once and she should accompany him to India. He does not love her and he does not pretend to.
Why does Jane reject St John : Jane declines St. John's offer to go to India as his wife because she does not want to marry him. Although she fears the possibility of dying in India as a missionary, her greater fear is the loveless life guaranteed by marriage to St. John.
Does St John kiss Jane
It describes a scene when Diana insists that St. John kiss Jane good night in the same what he kisses his sisters good night. Of course it is Diana who orders St. John to perform this action and not Mary!
How does St. John manipulate Jane : As husband, St. John would invade the private places in her mind, trample her with his "warrior-march," ultimately erasing her identity and dousing her passions for life. Rather than resisting like the madwoman in the attic, Jane would become a mere husk.
She pushed me towards him. I thought Diana very provoking, and felt uncomfortably confused; and while I was thus thinking and feeling, St. John bent his head; his Greek face was brought to a level with mine, his eyes questioned my eyes piercingly — he kissed me.
St. John makes it incredibly clear that he has no romantic feelings for Jane – he just views her as someone who would make a good partner for missionary work abroad. Jane has also watched him deny his own happiness over and over (because he is clearly in love with Rosamund).
What does St John reveal to Jane
Summary: Chapter 33
One snowy night, Jane sits reading Marmion when St. John appears at the door. Appearing troubled, he tells Jane the story of an orphan girl who became the governess at Thornfield Hall, then disappeared after nearly marrying Edward Rochester: this runaway governess's name is Jane Eyre.
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John "enlists" Jane to join his band of Christian mercenaries. He wants a wife he can "influence efficiently" and "retain absolutely," rather than someone he loves. Marriage to St. John would traumatically erase Jane's identity and douse her passions for life.St John's marriage proposal to Jane is made without love and passion – he presents it as a job, not as a relationship. He is very cold when he describes how he feels about Jane, suggesting that she was formed for God's work and not for love, implying that no one will love her.St.
John proposed marriage to Jane as if he were proposing to buy a dairy cow. He thought she would make a useful missionary companion, and therefore he thought they should be married at once and she should accompany him to India. He does not love her and he does not pretend to.
Why does Jane reject St John : Jane declines St. John's offer to go to India as his wife because she does not want to marry him. Although she fears the possibility of dying in India as a missionary, her greater fear is the loveless life guaranteed by marriage to St. John.
Does St John kiss Jane
It describes a scene when Diana insists that St. John kiss Jane good night in the same what he kisses his sisters good night. Of course it is Diana who orders St. John to perform this action and not Mary!
How does St. John manipulate Jane : As husband, St. John would invade the private places in her mind, trample her with his "warrior-march," ultimately erasing her identity and dousing her passions for life. Rather than resisting like the madwoman in the attic, Jane would become a mere husk.
She pushed me towards him. I thought Diana very provoking, and felt uncomfortably confused; and while I was thus thinking and feeling, St. John bent his head; his Greek face was brought to a level with mine, his eyes questioned my eyes piercingly — he kissed me.
St. John makes it incredibly clear that he has no romantic feelings for Jane – he just views her as someone who would make a good partner for missionary work abroad. Jane has also watched him deny his own happiness over and over (because he is clearly in love with Rosamund).
What does St John reveal to Jane
Summary: Chapter 33
One snowy night, Jane sits reading Marmion when St. John appears at the door. Appearing troubled, he tells Jane the story of an orphan girl who became the governess at Thornfield Hall, then disappeared after nearly marrying Edward Rochester: this runaway governess's name is Jane Eyre.