Mr Rochester...

Rochester has always bothered me. However attached I have been to this character, I have always wondered what you tell yourself to inspire you to do such a horrible trick on your beloved.

I did not know about the poem. In fact, I actually believed Heger had a great deal to do with the creation of Rochester long before the recent information available online. I know Charlotte was obsessed with him and torn that he insisted she not write to him. She felt a horrible inner pain over the loss of her close friend and teacher, which nothing could assuage.

I have always liked the character Rochester and the whole love story surrounding him and Jane but I have never liked the treatment of his first wife. I guess that is his evil side as they say everyone has some evil in them.