"Dear Mrs. Reed," said I, as I offered her the draught she required, "think no more of all this, let it pass away from your mind. Forgive me for my passionate language: I was a child then; eight, nine years have passed since that day"(243).
Mrs. Reed is dying and has just given Jane the note from he uncle that he wanted to adopt her and leave her whatever he would leave behind when he dies.Jane asked her Aunt why she is just now receiving the letter when it was dated years ago. Mrs. Reed tells Jane it was because she disliked her so much because of how she talked to her when she was younger. Jane replied with the quote above tell her aunt to not think about it anymore and to forgive her for how she acted when she was younger. Now, Jane's Aunt was not the loving aunt she could have been. She was mean and discriminating against Jane. Jane still wants her aunt to forgive her so she can die peacefully with no worries. For Jane to still care for her Aunt like that really shows her character and how caring she actually was.
"Reader, I forgave him at the moment and on the spot. There was such deep remorse in his eye, such true pity in his tone, such manly energy in his manner; and besides, there was such unchanged love in his whole look and mien--I forgave him all: yet not in words, not outwardly; only at my heart's core"(303).
Jane has forgiven Rochester for having another wife, and lying to her, and breaking her heart. I think that shows how good of a person Jane actually is. To forgive after that kind of even, takes a big person. I don't know if I would be able to forgive after that. But Jane did, and to forgive him in that moment and on the spot really shows what kind of person she is.
Nice work! I like how the two separate examples demonstrate Jane's ability to forgive. She definitely wasn't this forgiving at the beginning of the novel.
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