Jane's Decision

As we discussed in class, Jane refused to marry Mr. Rochester when she found out that he was already married to Bertha, because she felt that she was betrayed by him, again! Most of us felt that Jane had made an appropriate decision by choosing not to marry him, because it wouldn't be fair if they got married, and she got lied to again. Or if he did the same thing to her as he did to Bertha and fell in love with another girl. The only difference was, he wasn't in love with Bertha. Mr. Rochester said that even if she was mad and crazy like Bertha, that he would be willing to stay with her, because he is actually in love with her, and wants to marry her. This was a different feeling for him since the marriage that he had with Bertha was an arranged marriage, and HE was lied to by her, kind of the way that he lied to Jane, but his lies were more to protect her rather than harm her.