“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am free human being with an independent will, which I now exert to leave you” -Jane Eyre (293, Jane Eyre).
How does a woman become ensnared by a net, like a bird? A man’s obsession can trap a woman in a net and distort who she really is.
Obsessed people pursue their own fulfillment by distorting the personhood of those they claim to love. This is learned from two highly regarded works of literature: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. In both Jane Eyre and The Great Gatsby, Mr. Rochester and Gatsby distort the personhood of the women they love, by wanting the women to change themselves for them. The way the women react to the distortion is different depending
How does a woman become ensnared by a net, like a bird? A man’s obsession can trap a woman in a net and distort who she really is.
Obsessed people pursue their own fulfillment by distorting the personhood of those they claim to love. This is learned from two highly regarded works of literature: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. In both Jane Eyre and The Great Gatsby, Mr. Rochester and Gatsby distort the personhood of the women they love, by wanting the women to change themselves for them. The way the women react to the distortion is different depending