tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21222064.post7857577038002542506..comments2024-01-02T23:24:57.950-08:00Comments on Largely Unrepeatable: The Thing about JaneAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15613555994015659052noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21222064.post-31908693452051491892010-09-23T00:56:30.284-07:002010-09-23T00:56:30.284-07:00Raych - I KNOW. So noble and true. I also played w...Raych - I KNOW. So noble and true. I also played with the idea that Helen Burns represented Jane's true belief in God, and she DIED. Thus, Jane had to take her destiny (density?) into her own bird-like hands (wings?). Not sure if that one would hold up in court, tho. I like one reader's idea that Bertha = Jane's pent up feminist rage, but then it would be a tragic ending instead of a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21222064.post-33986497947357191452010-09-22T15:27:47.087-07:002010-09-22T15:27:47.087-07:00I haven't read this or watch a movie of it in ...I haven't read this or watch a movie of it in years. The last time I did I was in high school and all I remember is my younger cousin popping in right at the most romantic end moment of the film, oblivious to her weeping mom, aunt & cousin watching the movie, and going: "Anybody want a hot dog?" It was hilarious, but has diminished the story's romantic effect for me a little.Dinahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623087223805813409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21222064.post-26316317852944292062010-09-22T14:41:33.233-07:002010-09-22T14:41:33.233-07:00And her REASONS for not marrying St Tool! Not bec...And her REASONS for not marrying St Tool! Not because she didn't want to go to India where she would surely die, not because she didn't want to work hard under his penetrating, unyielding gaze, but because it would be a sham marriage. All the trappings of love but WITHOUT THE ACTUAL LOVE!!! She's no hypocrite, Jane.raychhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08321213376462899047noreply@blogger.com