For my Jane Eyre final essay I am going to compare and contrast St. John and Mr. Rochester. I will compare and contrast their views on “religion” (seeing that Mr. Rochester doesn’t believe fully in God per say). I will look at their view on love, and recognize their different views on life. I will basically compare and contrast almost everything about the two. Mr. Rochester isn’t much of a family man because of the problems with his father and brother, but he wants to be, and this is why he takes Adele in and tries to “raise” her. St. John on the other hand is a family man. He and his sisters, Mary and Diana, are very close because their mother and father died; they only have each other.
Another aspect of the two men I will evaluate is their elements of Charlotte Bronte’s vision of the ideal man. Mr. Rochester isn’t the most handsome man, but he has inner qualities that help him be the ideal man. St. John on the other hand is quite good looking but he devotes himself so much to God that he loses the ability to capture the moments of being an ideal man.
this will be a wonderful subject of writing! maybe even include the contrast between these two mens' appearance! i love your ideas about how they are character foils! love it!
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ReplyDeleteSorry this post didn't come through in time for me to comment on it at length. You might check out the comments I made on other students' posts concerning comparing and contrasting St. John and Rochester (a good approach to the novel, I think).
this will be a wonderful subject of writing! maybe even include the contrast between these two mens' appearance! i love your ideas about how they are character foils! love it!
ReplyDeleteThese are both great ideas, but that's the thing...it seems like they are two different ideas. If you can flow them together as one that'll be great because on their own they don't have enough beef to write a whole essay about, but then i'm worried you might be changing topics halfway through your paper.
ReplyDeleteBut nonetheless i did the ideas! Just find a way to make them flow and you'll be set