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(Love and semantics) In Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Mr Rochester is asking Jane why she looks troubled, and is wondering if she is nervous about their upcoming wedding. She responds:
'I think it is a glorious thing to have the hope of living with you, because I love you. No, sir, don't caress me now - let me talk undisturbed.'
When Jane told Mr Rochester that she loved him, she didn’t mean anything in particular.
'I think it is a glorious thing to have the hope of living with you, because I love you. No, sir, don't caress me now - let me talk undisturbed.'
When Jane told Mr Rochester that she loved him, she didn’t mean anything in particular.
She did mean something.
She just said it because she was being polite, the way you might say “Fine, thanks” if someone said “Hello, how are you?”
She said it without thinking at all, the way you might say “Shit!” if you hit your thumb with a hammer
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Feb 17, 2009 07:38PM
I think that Jane shows her love for Mr Rochester in so many non verbal ways that this verbal deceleration of love was superfluous. She obviously did mean 'something' by it but I really think she said it without thinking.
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