It is here, at their first meeting, that Jane realizes what she really desires - to help someone that needs and will appreciate her efforts. She wishes to be "active" rather than "passive," in the sense that she is for once serving a purpose, aiding someone who actually needs her help and is appreciative of her presence. This is the kind of service that is not merely palatable for Jane, but something that she desires and has always yearned for; to be loved and needed by someone. From the beginning, it is clear that Mr. Rochester is dependent on Jane, and this, along with all of the courtship games he plays to try to win her, puts her in a position of power over Rochester, with the ability to reject him. Jane comes to see Rochester as her soul mate, and finds herself in a situation that seems too good to be true; she is obviously very important to Rochester, who depends on and needs her help, and is for once treated as a real and tangible person. Her plans to marry Rochester are too good to be true, it turns out, as his secret past is revealed and Jane discovers that he is already married. After the discovery, Jane states to Rochester,

I tell you I must go!...Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you? Do you think I am an automation? - a machine without feelings?...Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless - You think wrong! -I have as much soul as you - and full as much heart!...- 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 - as we are! (284)

At Thornfield, Jane enters a new stage of servitude, as a governess working for Mr. Rochester. Rochester is a different type of master than Jane has had previously; though commanding in his presence and demanding of his needs, he treats Jane as an intellectual equal. Rather than deprecating and putting her down, Rochester and Jane exchange in witty, intellectual conversation. Though she submits to his authority, she makes clear her belief that though he has "the right to command her," he has "no call to feel superior."(143). She has defined the terms of servitude that she considers intolerable and is not afraid to speak frankly on the matter. In her servitude under Rochester, there is a strange reversal of roles, as Rochester becomes the damsel in distress who Jane rescues time and time again. It is Jane that helps Rochester back on his horse when they first meet, and it is also Jane who saves him from the fire that is mysteriously set in his room. After helping Rochester back on his horse, Jane states

like St. John, and chooses instead to remain in a type of servitude as Rochester's wife. However, she consoles herself with the fact that this is a different type of servitude unlike her others, it is that of a lover caring for another, someone who needs and appreciates her, and someone who treats her with respect. These are the things that she has wanted all of her life, and she is willing to put aside her personal freedom to enjoy them and to for once be loved, accepted, and appreciated.

My eye passed all objects to rest on those most remote,...all within their boundary of rock seemed prison-ground, exile limits. I traced the white road...vanishing in gorge between the two: how I longed to follow it further!...I tired of the routine of eight years in one afternoon. I desired for liberty; for liberty I gasped; for liberty I uttered a prayer; it seemed faintly scattered on the wind then blowing. I abandoned it and framed a humbler supplication; for a change, stimulus: that petition, too, seemed swept off into vague space; 'Then,' I cried, half desperate, 'grant me

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Approximate Word count = 2486
Approximate Pages = 10 (250 words per page double spaced)