This dissatisfaction with tranquility seems to be a personal motto for Jane throughout the novel. While other women are content to fall into typical “women’s work” such as being a homemaker, school teacher, or governess, Jane merely puts on a front of satisfaction. Instead, she is always wondering about what else might be out there for her to experience or to be; what else could form her into the person she dreams of someday being. Just because society demands that women behave in a certain manner does not determine that Jane herself will be happy with this. She is a modern day woman, in a very pre-modern time.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
"It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it." (123
This dissatisfaction with tranquility seems to be a personal motto for Jane throughout the novel. While other women are content to fall into typical “women’s work” such as being a homemaker, school teacher, or governess, Jane merely puts on a front of satisfaction. Instead, she is always wondering about what else might be out there for her to experience or to be; what else could form her into the person she dreams of someday being. Just because society demands that women behave in a certain manner does not determine that Jane herself will be happy with this. She is a modern day woman, in a very pre-modern time.
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