Beauty

Jane used to be very sure of herself, but when Mr. Rochester invites his friends over for a couple of days she feels very threatened by a woman that is there.  Jane always considered herself plain and boring and she was alright with that.  Jane wanted people to love her for who she is – nothing more and nothing less.  She loved Mr. Rochester very much and felt threatened and insignificant when Miss Ingram arrives to spend time with Mr. Rochester.  Jane watched every movement that Miss Ingram made.  She was always talking to Mr. Rochester and was always looking at him.  Mr. Rochester seemed to like this attention because he was conversing with her also.  Jane starts questioning everyone she ever knew and comparing them to herself.  She even compared the beauty of the men and deemed that she was not worth caring about because she did not look beautiful like Miss Ingram or her cousins Georgina and Eliza.  Jane is surprised to get news from her aunt which states that she wants her to come to see her immediately.  She is surprised because her aunt did not care for her and this made her feel more important.  When she finally got to see her aunt, she still treated Jane with no respect and neither did her cousins Georgina and Eliza.  Even though her aunt was mean to her she stayed with her until her dying day and also stayed for the funeral.  During this time Georgina opened up to Jane and they became very good friends, but Eliza would not shake from her dislike of Jane.  Jane grew very much in this section of the book when she realizes that looks are not everything.

Mr. Rochester and Miss Ingram