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Rochester's View of Love in Jane Eyre
Rochester's view of love has gone through two stages, namely, secular love view and pure love view. In his first marriage, he married Bertha because he was infatuated with her beauty. Later he betrayed his love and had fun everywhere. His criterion for finding a lover is beautiful appearance, but these beautiful women are often women who don't love themselves. This discovery completely impacted his view of love, and made him gradually lose his yearning for love and his longing for human warmth. The appearance of Jane Eyre slowly awakened his cognition of love, and he began to understand that pure love is valuable. His series of love tests on Jane Eyre are actually the formation process of the concept of pure love. Under the influence of Jane Eyre, he finally realized the true meaning of love: kindness, tolerance, self-love, independence, equality and dedication. As a result, he began to fall in love with Jane Eyre, an ordinary angel with extraordinary spiritual quality.

Rochester's view of love, on the one hand, reproduces the hypocritical view of love pursued by people in the society at that time, on the other hand, it is also a powerful whip and resistance to this hypocritical view of love. In Britain in the19th century, everyone's position in society was measured by social status, wealth and gender, and marriage could not cross social classes. The status, wealth and class status of men determine that Rochester occupies an absolute dominant position in marriage. For women, beauty and wealth are their capital in exchange for marriage. Jane Eyre's ordinary appearance and humble background make her in a weak position in marriage. However, Jane Eyre bravely revealed the true meaning of life that was ignored by secular men and women in the society at that time: love is the foundation of a happy marriage.

In addition, Jane Eyre also challenges the male aesthetics in the patriarchal culture. Middle-class women regard marriage as a bargaining chip for food and clothing, so they have nothing but beauty and wealth. Jane Eyre not only gained knowledge through her own efforts, but also supported herself. Her enthusiasm and devotion to work are beyond the reach of middle-class women. At the same time, her understanding of the sufferings of others is beyond the reach of middle-class women. Rochester is surrounded by middle-class women who care about his wealth and don't care about his inner pain. Only Jane Eyre really knows Rochester and is full of deep sympathy, understanding and care for him.