Examples Of Passion In Jane Eyre

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When a person enamors oneself with passion, they often perform better or worse, based on their conscience. Passion can often invoke one to become impractical, frivolous or even treacherous. For example, in Gilgamesh’s relentless pursuit of immortality, Gilgamesh allows his passion and blinded drive take the best of him, resulting in his reckless and hasty endeavors that cost him the lives of his men. Likewise, in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, Brontë illustrates the illogicality and blindness that unrestrained passion can cause through Jane Eyre, Bertha Mason, and Edward Rochester.
Jane’s unrestrained expression of passion triggers serious consequences. For example, Mrs. Reed, in an effort to mitigate young Jane’s rebellious outbursts, locks
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Rather than utilizing logical reasoning, Rochester acts on impulse and demands Jane “to appear in the drawing-room every evening; it is my wish; don’t neglect it” (189-190). By doing this, he deprives Jane of her equality and ignores the perception of Jane in order to achieve what he desires. His longing for Jane grows bigger as time progresses, made only obvious by the extreme endeavours he goes through in order to find out if Jane holds feelings for him. This act of concealing oneself displays the hidden nature of Rochester and how he does not learn from his past mistakes, and instead tries to conceal his secrets by acting as if his past incidents did not occur. His passion makes him ignore Jane’s perspective. Moreover, the fire from the accident that causes Rochester’s curtains to catch on fire symbolizes the raging passion of sexuality. Rochester does not respect the women in his life and ends up paying the price when he loses his house, friends, and love from the fire of passion, and as a result, becomes “dangerous after he lost [Jane]” (458). Rochester’s actions, in regards to Jane, border the line of lunacy. The desperation and incredulousness of Rochester’s actions and motives sparks doubt as to whether he truly loves Jane or only values her as a treasure he cannot hope to