What Is The Tension Between Jane Eyre And Antoinette's Suicide

As the tensions between Antoinette and Mr. Rochester get higher, and the true sides of each other begin to shine and become more obvious to one and other. Their actions to each other and their responses to each other start to become more extreme. Antoinette has many different ways of dealing with the obuse from Mr. Rochester, and surprising she still finds many ways to maintain independence, even though at the time, the female had incredibly less power in the relationship and in overall society then the male did. Much like Jane, Antoinette is conflicted about what to do in the relationship with Mr. Rochester, so she tests the waters with him, and starts to act out in odd ways, and does all she knows how to do to try to make the situation better, and that is the emotional response she instinctively has. Mr. Rochester perceives as being “insane or mad”. One example of Antoinette acting or being perceived as “mad” is,
‘Suppose you took my happiness away when I wasn't looking….’
‘And lose my own? Who'd be so foolish?’
‘I am not used to happiness, she said. ‘It makes me afraid.’
‘Never be afraid. Or if you are tell no one.’ …show more content…
But trying does not help me.’
‘What would? She did not answer that, then one night whispered, ‘If I could die. Now, when I am happy. Would you do that? You wouldn't have to kill me. Say die and I will die. You don't believe me. Then try, try, say die and watch me die.’
‘Die then! Die! I watched her die any times. In my way, not in hers. In sunlight, in shadow, by moonlight, by candlelight. In the long afternoons when the house was empty. Only the sun was there to keep us company. We shut him out. And why not? Very soon she was as eager for what's called loving as I was- more lost and drowned afterwards.
She said, ‘Here I can do as I like,’ not I and then I said it too. It seemed right in that lonely place. ‘Here I can do as I like.’ (Pg