Love is the embrace of two lonely souls

Layne 2021-12-15 08:01:14

To this day, I still remember the depression and heart palpitations when I first read Jane Eyre. I was a 14-year-old girl that year, sitting barefoot on the wooden floor. Outside the window was the humid summer in the south of the Yangtze River. The air was filled with moisture that could not be removed. At the same time, the huge black figure was in the dark. In the mist, from the outskirts of Thornfield, walked towards me. Behind him, the wind, grass and insects cried, rustling sound.
In the years I grew up, I read a lot of books and encountered many things. I talked to my female partner about this book with a strong sense of substitution for young women in literature and art. At the same time, I was ashamed to admit that I liked it, as if I was ashamed to admit it. Pride is the same as prejudice.
I opened this movie last night, and then when I saw the end of the night, I burst into tears.
Regarding the film’s regret, for the first half of a woman’s life, 120 minutes is too short to have enough patience to pave the way. The narrative has been rushing towards the end of love, separation, and reunion.
But at least, the director tried to portray and express the most desolate nature of love-loneliness.
If there is no loneliness, maybe Jane Eyre is just another novel by Mary Su.
Jane has been in an environment of lack of security and trust since her childhood. Humiliation and discrimination bring not only external indifference and hardship to a child, but also internal inferiority and disability. After entering the monastery, he was destined to be isolated from the beginning. Helen's appearance opened the door to her, and her premature death made Jane lose her only emotional bond, even though she entered Thornfield with the servant, housekeeper, and children. There is a harmonious relationship, but no one can walk into her heart.
She has lived in isolation for most of her life, in a miserable monastery, in a secluded Thornfield, and a rich inner world isolated from other hearts. She used her paintbrush to fight against the boring countryside and endless wilderness. During that stagnant time, she needed a lot of patience between her breaths and her breath. It was not easy to be able to maintain a vigorous posture.
The dialogue between Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester about equality was rumored to be a beautiful talk, which is considered to be a portrayal of the awakening of women's awareness of equality. But why did I see a child who was extremely sensitive because of his deep inferiority complex and his extreme resistance to Rochester's teasing emotions? How humble and proud she is, like a rebellious little beast, entangled repeatedly between surging feelings and inescapable self-esteem.
So I think that what separates these two souls is not secular concepts or some universal values, but just because these two souls have the inability to embrace others, and this is the nature of their loneliness.
Jane's self-esteem finally made her leave Mr. Rochester. When she returned to Mr. Rochester again, Mr. Rochester had nothing. Perhaps only at this time, her inferior and sensitive soul could face her feelings and accept Mr. Rochester calmly. The world is stupid and praises this as a love that is detached from money and the world, but they don't know that money is not the reason why two souls toss and turn.

Only when such deficiencies are made up and filled can these two lonely souls open to each other and embrace frankly and fearlessly.

The process of making up for the incompleteness is difficult and dangerous, but it requires a journey of thousands of miles. It requires a lifetime of luck and perseverance, and sometimes, it has to wait. Some people are lucky and are born to be filled, and some people are unlucky and lost in the crowd.
It is a miracle of this universe to be able to meet each other and illuminate each other in a short life in the boundless wild wilderness. And how lucky to be able to walk this long road and complete this practice.
Love that makes people cry is the echo of lonely souls in the long sea of ​​people.

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Extended Reading

Jane Eyre quotes

  • Jane Eyre: Have you something for me to do?

    Mary Rivers: You're doing something already. May I see?

    [Looks at Jane's drawings]

    Mary Rivers: Oh, these are wonderful! St. John...

    [Mary takes a sketch Jane did of St. John over to him]

    Jane Eyre: No, Mary, please.

    Mary Rivers: See how skilled Jane is!

    St John Rivers: Is this how you perceive me, Miss Elliott?

    [Jane remains silent]

    St John Rivers: Well. How fierce I am.

  • Young Jane: [Helen is dying from consumption] How are you?

    Helen Burns: I'm happy, Jane. I'm going home.

    Young Jane: Back to your father.

    Helen Burns: I'm going to god.

    [Jane is visibly upset]

    Helen Burns: Don't be sad. You have a passion for living, Jane. And one day you'll come to the region of bliss.

    [pause]

    Helen Burns: Don't leave me. I like to have you near.

    Young Jane: I will not leave you.

    [Helen kisses Jane's hand she is holding]

    Young Jane: No one shall take me from you.

    [They fall asleep, while Helen dies]