What about his treatment of Jane???
Posted by Cassia on October 02, 1997 at 16:34:07:
In response to Come on, Mr. R's not that bad of a guy!, written by Sendra on September 30, 1997 at 19:33:48
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] ] Linda:
] ] ] selfish. It was unfair to Jane and to Blanche Ingram, for
] ] Luisa:
] ] ] I agree with it being unfair to Jane, but Blanche Ingram, no way. She´s after Rochester for his money and position. She deserves everything that comes her way.
] ] Whatever the character of Blanche and no matter how deserving she is of losing her quest, it was still very wrong of Rochester to lead her on.
] ] Linda:
] ] ] ] I am with you, Margie. I need a quick dose of Darcy or Knightly or Captain Wentworth as an antidote to Rochester.
] ] Luisa:
] ] ] Come on, Rochester does repent in the end and he even tried to save Bertha from the fire.
] ] But we are not yet "at the end". I expect that I will feel sorrier still for Rochester (I feel sorry for him already), but I doubt that I will change my mind about his actions. As I said before, I understand that he was misused and betrayed, but I do not think that gives him license to run roughshod over the feelings of others.
] ] Luisa:
] ] And Darcy is NOT exactly perfect either...He makes me more angry than Rochester ever did.
] ] None of JA's characters are perfect, but Darcy, Knightly and Wentworth are honorable men. I do not think that Rochester shares that characteristic.
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] What do you mean by honorable? Mr. Rochester not be as 'good' as those men, but he is basically kind and caring underneath.. As much as he hated Bertha, he couldn't put her in Ferndean where she'd die, and he even tries to save
] her life. So Mr. Knightly wouldn't have mistresses, but
] then look at Mr. Rochester's family. I'm not trying to blame his actions on his childhood, but that-along with
] all he went through with Bertha- does have some part in it.
] And he does eventually turn to God. If Mr. Rochester
] seems so awful to you, I can' t imagine what you must
] think of Heathcliff.
So, you think that lieing (sorry, I'm a really bad speller) too and deceiveing someone you proclaim you love is acceptable behavior? As for his being misused and betrayed, he could have not married Bertha in the first place. Epecially as he was in a part o fthe work=ld where many a young man had gone to make his fortune. If he couldn't bring himself to do that, it still wasn't necessary to lie to Jane. An action he undertook because he thought he could get away with it as much as an action of hi love for Jane. What if he had suceeded? Would he have locked up Jane to keep her from talking?
I never "got" Heathcliff. I don't understand why he is evil to begin with or why anyone could possilbly find him the least bit attractive. Not even the MGM movie with Olivier could convince me that he was more than a really spoiled, arrogant so-and-so. That and he's pretty dull.
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