The scene where Jane discovers the rubble that was once Thornfield Hall is a momentous one which marks the completion of her maturity and the beginning of the next and final stage of her story. In this passage, Brontë shows how Jane has outgrown Thornfield and left her old self behind. When she first arrived at Thornfield, Jane was a naïve and submissive girl, new to the world outside of her family and education. Mr. Rochester was a cynical, selfish, and spoiled aristocrat. Jane must leave so that she and Mr. Rochester may mature and learn more about themselves and what is important. Mr. Rochester has to balance out his fiery nature and Jane must determine where she stands on the spectrum between passion and reason. In the end, Jane finally grows into herself, and sheds her old skin. This scene reveals that Jane has learned to balance
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However, the image represents that she has outgrown that phase of her life. The rookery is empty as Jane passes it, which shows that Jane is no longer a baby bird, but has learned to fly on her own. There are crows overhead as she sneaks up to Thornfield (489). They normally foreshadow death or the discovery of a death, but here they can be interpreted as the discovery of the passing of the old Jane. Her initial reaction to the remnants is empty imagery. She describes how there is nothing left and that it is a void and a wasteland (488). The imagery used here shows that Jane cannot go backward into the past, but must move on from what was once Thornfield, because she no longer belongs here. She has matured past it. She has this moment of realization when she first discovers the ruins. She addresses the reader directly because it is so vital that the reader understands how she feels in that moment. She comes in search of the hot headed, insensitive man she had feelings for, but she cannot find him there because he too has outgrown his
However, the image represents that she has outgrown that phase of her life. The rookery is empty as Jane passes it, which shows that Jane is no longer a baby bird, but has learned to fly on her own. There are crows overhead as she sneaks up to Thornfield (489). They normally foreshadow death or the discovery of a death, but here they can be interpreted as the discovery of the passing of the old Jane. Her initial reaction to the remnants is empty imagery. She describes how there is nothing left and that it is a void and a wasteland (488). The imagery used here shows that Jane cannot go backward into the past, but must move on from what was once Thornfield, because she no longer belongs here. She has matured past it. She has this moment of realization when she first discovers the ruins. She addresses the reader directly because it is so vital that the reader understands how she feels in that moment. She comes in search of the hot headed, insensitive man she had feelings for, but she cannot find him there because he too has outgrown his