Loss Of Innocence In Jane Eyre

When Jane arrives at Thornfield, she sees that Thornfield Hall was been burned down. “Thornfield Hall is quite a ruin: it was burnt down just about harvest-time. A dreadful calamity! Such an immense quantity of valuable property destroyed: hardly any of the furniture could be saved” (Bronte, 650). This shows that since Jane left Thornfield, a lot of things changed and she felt guilty of what had happened. When Jane finally sees Mr. Rochester again, she is now able to confess her love to him and she is now able to marry him too because she knows that Mr. Rochester would need someone to take care of him since he has lost part of his eyesight and hand due to the fire and knowing that Mr. Rochester doesn’t want anyone to take care of him especially

Rochester and becoming his caretaker. However, Jane figure out that by taking care of Mr. Rochester she would be able to find the freedom that she has been looking for and finally feel satisfied with her life. Because of Mr. Rochester’s inability to care for himself, Jane learns that if she has to care for him, he is no longer capable of making orders meaning that they are now similar when it comes to equality. “To be together is for us to be at once as free as in solitude, as gay as in company….all my confidence is bestowed on him, all his confidence is devoted to me; we are precisely suited in character – perfect concord is the result” (Bronte, 688). This proves that Jane and Mr. Rochester can now belong together since they had find a balance between being equal. Now that Jane married her true love, she also found happiness because she is now with the man that she felt in love with. Also with her marriage, Jane has learn how to balance her emotions between finding freedom for happiness and finding independence through marriage and caring for her disable husband. Also through her journey she was able to find self-fulfillment and the affection she has always been looking