Love versus Autonomy - Jane Eyre is very much the story of a quest to be loved. Jane searches, not just for romantic love, but also for a sense of being valued, of belonging. Thus Jane says to Helen Burns: "to gain some real affection from you, or Miss Temple or any other whom I truly love, I would willingly submit to have the bone of my arm broken, or to let a bull toss …showed first 75 words of 301 total…

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