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Comparing Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte's Romeo And Juliet

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In Jane Eyre, Rochester and Jane’s love appear comparable to Romeo and Juliet’s love. The couples have similar conflicts in their relationships that drive these stories. Not only in between the people in the relationship, but those surrounding it. As the stories revolve around them, it exposes many comparisons between them. They are similar in ways such as both men had former loves which were holding them back at first, both couples fell in love with each other almost rapidly, and no one approved of their love. Rochester and Romeo both had previous loves holding them back from falling in love with someone else. For Rochester, it is his crazy wife, Bertha, who lives in the attic. Rochester says, “’You have as good as said that I am a married man-as a married man you will shun me, keep out of my way: just now you have refused to kiss me’”, Jane rejects him because once it is discovered that he already has a wife she does not desire to be with him (Brontë 449). For Romeo, it is Rosaline, the Capulet’s niece. He fell in love with her, but she does not love him back. However, once he meets Juliet all his feelings for Rosaline evaporate instantly. Juliet and Jane both gain feelings for these men quickly as well. …show more content…

Once Jane finally meets her employer, Rochester, she realizes soon after that she loves him. Jane says, “’I have known you, Mr. Rochester; and it strikes me with terror and anguish to feel I absolutely must be torn from you for ever. I see the necessity of departure; and it is like looking on the necessity of death’” (Brontë 377). In this moment, Jane realizes she doesn’t want to leave Thornfield because her love for Rochester has grown over the few months she has been there. Even, though both Jane and Juliet realize their love for these men, many do not accept their love for each

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