―If people were always kind and obedient to those who are cruel and unjust，the wicked people would have it all their own way， they would never feel afraid， and so they would never alter， but would grow WOl'~ an d worse， when we are struck at without a reason， we should strike back again very hard； I'm sure we should— — so hard as to teach the person who stru ck us never to do it again．‖⑦ This rhythmi c and forceful speech embodied the deep oppression of bourgeoisie to the lower women and Jane s re— befious spirit． To achieve independence as an equal human． Jan e never yielded to fate and background．
At Lowood Institution，Jane learned from Hallen the impo r． tan ce of duty and se lf—control an d she also learn ed from Maria Temple the value of independence． She would rather stay there than depend on her aunt for a living． On the surface， Jane was quiet， in reality， she never chan ged her characters， a fighter a— gainst the unfair world． W hen Miss Temple left Lowood， Jane couldn‘t put up with dullness and isolation there．She looked for— ward to a new life，a wider world and a free sky． No matter what would happen in the future， she would face it bravely， she ―gemembered that real world was wide，and that a varied field of hopes an d fears， of sensations and excitement， awaited those who had courage to go forth into its expanse， to seek real knowledge of life ami dst its perils．‖⑤ The rebellious fury was burnt again． Then Jane made an advertisement and got a governess profession at Thomfield．
At Thornfield，Jane was very awake， she made her every effort to rebel against social prejudice and customs，struggling for independence and true love．Jane s spirit of rebellion and inde— pendent character were fu llv showed．Frmn the first day when she came into Thornfield to the last day when she 】eft there． Jane never gave up her dignity． She always took the governess of Adele as her j0b to support herself, remaining independent．At the beginning her attitude was defensive，reserved，not expressing her deep heart． She Was afraid something would hurt her． She was always gatting ready to revolt any attack from others， espe — ciafy the master．Later on，just because of Jane S diferent ideas
won Rochester s love． Th ey fel in deep love with each other Rochester didn t want Jane to go on working，he wished Jane be— longed to him and considered Jan e as his prope rty．Jan e reltsed his suggest without an y hesitation．In her opinion，if she lost her job，she must depend on Rochester to live，thus independence said goodbye to her，she was only a thing of Rochester．Jane was good at self—contro1． She could grasp herself very wel， never losing sense of propriety，in what she did or said． For example， at the party，Jan e kept silent though her heart was very exciting。 From the others point of views， Blan che Ingrain． as a typical representative of the rich class was so be autifu1． She was the ide— al wife of Roc hester． If Roc hester married Ingrain ， it was natu— ra1．Because in that society，people‘s sense of love was on the basis of money．In their eyes，money was everything，money was marriage． For the sake of money they could ma rry anyone even though the husban d or th e wife was an idi ot． So the marriage be — tween Rochester and Ingrain was fair an d reasonable． But witII the development of plot， Miss Ingrain was proved to be a loser． Jane defeated her though Jane had no property and beauty．Jane s plainness， poverty， position an d disposition were contrasted to Ingrain obviously． Jane Was 80 calm， kind， intelligent， sympa— thetic and thoughtful，while Ingrain s mind was poor and hypo— critica1． She had no sympathy at al1． She planned to marry Rochester onl y because of Roc hester s property， Ingrain tried her best to fascinate Rochester again and again， unfortunaiely，she failed again and again． Jane Was fully aware of it． She wit— nessed ―their repeated failure‖． @ The party was the climax of the
novel an d the essence of the bok．At the party，Jane s victory was complete． According to her be autiful pe rsonality an d the strength of noble spirit，Jane drove away those aristocrats from competitive stage．High position and great wealth showed by no— ble class was put aside．Jan e got glorious victory． As for the love between Jane an d Roc hester Jan e insisted on her own opinion，keeping independent aJl the time． Why Jane would love Rochester?Because Rochester treated her equaUy，not
considering her as a servant． At the beginl1ing， when JaIle real— ized Rochester s special feeling to her， she always kept her dis— tance． Gradually they fell into deep love． JaIle stm rese nred her di ity． She didn t give up her job， a g0ve丌less wh0 was eco— nomicaUy independent． Later on， when Jane thought Rochester was g0ing to marry Ingram， she decided to leave to find a new job f0r living though she was very IIliserable at that moment． She said nm lv ：―I m n0 bird
and n0 net ensnares， I am a humaJl
being with an independent will， which I now exert to leaVe you―． @Jane knew she was the just person whom Rochester loVed， but she also knew if she didn t leave after Rochester and Ingram got married， she couldn t be an independent person at Thornfield ． In some degree， in her opinion， she turned to be a poverty of Rochester． Then she would lose her dignity which Was most appreciated by her． If Rochester couldn t treat her equally， she
couldn t stay with him any longer． She retorted excitedly： ―Do you think I can stay to be come nothing to you? Do you think I aiR an automation?——a ma chi ne without feelings? And can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips， and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you 曲nk． because I‘m poor，obscure， plain an d little， I gin soulless and heartless?You 岫nk wrong!一I have as much soul as you． as full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty， and much wealth， I should have ma de it as hard for you to lcave me，as it is now for me to leave you． I‘m not talking to you now though the mediuln of customs conventionalities． nor even of mortal flesh：一it is my spirit that addresses your spirit；just as if both had passed through the grave，and we stood at God s feet，equal， 一as we are!硼》These words expressed complete1y Jan e s rebe1． 1ious spirit．She thought she was equal to Rochester．Jane made the strongest voice of revolt as an independent huma n． Jane in— sisted on her o~ntl outlo k on life， defending human dignity， an d protecting her feelings from being violated．Jane would rather aban doned comfortable life at Thomfield than lose independence．
At last，when Jane decided to ma rry Rochester，she refused extravagance．
Luxurious clothes and jewelry were meaningless for
her． She Wash t ―a Jew—usurer， seeking good investment in lan d．‘‘@ What Jane needed was a happy family and a man wh。 gave his confidence an d treated her equally．
The fate often made fun of Jane． On the wedding between Jane and Rochester． Jan e was told that Rochester had married before． Bertha Mason， a mad woman was his wife who had been living at a loom at Th omfield． At the bad news，Jane was very reaso nab le． Th ough every feeling revolted against leaving Rochester， Mr． Roc hester wanted her not to go and live with him，she still made a decision to leave．She knew if she agreed with Rochester， she woul d fell into the category of mistress and lost her respect． The dream of freedom， happiness and the in— dependence which she was looking forward to were fancies． Being a mistress was a tragedy． The strength of reason was power over emotion．Jane left Thornfield resolutely to meet unknown fate in the foture．
T0 get dignity， freedom and independence， Jane had
roamed for two days． She almost starved to death． Luckily， St John helped her．Jane was arranged to be with St John s sisters． Jane won the sisters love because Jane was so firm，kind and in— telligent．But Jane didn t want to depend on her cousins for liv— ing，she accepted the job offered by St John，acting as a teacher in a village schoo1． Jane gained social respect because of her hardworking． Thus， she was self—sufficient and entirely relied
on herself Her independent and rebellious characters were further deepe ned． Jane s spirits of revolt was obviously expressed by her re． fusal 0f St John S ofer of marriage．Jan e never cha nged her will to folow St John．She thought，―If I join St John，I abandon half myself, if I go to India． I go to prema ture death‖， ―if I do made
the sacrifice he urges， I'l throw al on the altar—heart， vitals， the entife victims．‘‘@Jane said to St John， ―I scom your idea 0f
love‖． Jane dared to rebel against St John S ofer because she thought they were equa1．She had the right to rebel against him．
Since St John only loved God，getting ready to devote his everything even life to religion，he WaSh t worth being loved by Jane． In Jane S eyes，St John COuld live as a tol to serve God．Jane s rebe llious wil was to finn， St John S every efort couldn t change her idea．Jan e knew if she agreed with St John ，she was also a to l to se rve him． Happiness and indepe ndence wouldn t belong to her any longer． She wouldn t get true love forever， she must do wha t she wanted to do． She wouldn t be tray her wil1． Her sincere love for Rochester finally cause d her to go back to Thomfield．
Influenced by psychic experience， Jane seemed to hear Rochester s supe rnatural cal1． Her spirit felt victorious over her body， so Jane revisited Th ornfield．Surprisingly，Everything at Thomfield cha nged： the hall lied in ruins． Th omfield was destroyed in a big fire． It was Rochester s lunatic wife who set fire to the Hal1． Rochester was the last to leave the burning Hal1． Unfortunately， when Rochester tried to save hi s mad wife， he was injured badly．Now，his wife was dead， he was blind in both eyes an d crippled by losing an a咖． He was n t the rich man as be fore． He ha d already lost all his prope rty． At this moment， in common people s eyes， it was not proper for Jan e to marry Rochester．What s more，Jane was now rich．Her Uncle John in Madeira had died and left her inheritance． However， in spite of common barriers，Jane married Rochester．She told Rochester she would be his neighbor， his nurse， his house keeper， she didn t think Rochester was ruin， lighting—struck tree． Nothing could stop her． To be Rochester s wife was happy as she could be on the earth．Jan e got true love，freedom and independence．Just as she said． ―I hold myself supremely blest— — blest beyond what language can express； because I am my husband s life as fully as he is mine． No woman was ever nearer to her mate than I am ： ever m0re absolute1v bone 0f his bone． and fh sh of his fresh．‘‘@ Jane s special character ran thmugh the whole n0ve1． In this n0vel， Jane was p0rtIlayed‘a rebelli0us f male who always struggled with the unf_air s0ciety fbr human dignity， indepen— dence， fl陀ed0m and true l0ve， At anv time， Jane was self．