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14 pages in length. Bronte's Jane Eyre is replete with Freudian undertones where Jane and Rochester's relationship is concerned, most notably where the imbalance of rank is concerned. The master/slave, father/daughter composition of their union is both grand and far-reaching; that Rochester assumes the decidedly superior and patriarchal role over the subservient status Jane feels compelled to adopt speaks clearly to Freud's psychoanalytic composition of unconscious, repression and the Oedipal complex. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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their union is both grand and far-reaching; that Rochester assumes the decidedly superior and patriarchal role over the subservient status Jane feels compelled to adopt speaks clearly to Freuds psychoanalytic
composition of unconscious, repression and the Oedipal complex. "Like the [Oedipal] narratives Freuds patients recount about the fantasy, Brontes novels identify the daughters desire for her father as involving
submission to the power of fathers (and of representatives from the class of fathers) in a patriarchal and phallocentric culture and portray as well a concomitant urge to avenge the
wrong she unconsciously feels this surrender does her" (Sadoff, 1996, p. 521). II. DREAMS AND THE UNCONSCIOUS Through her yearning, Jane fashions
a strong and unbreakable bond of affection for Rochester that ultimately earns her much heartache and turmoil. Jane a mere underling and Rochester her superior, their exchanges are forbidden
by the likes of their different cultural upbringings; as her affections grow uncontrollably, Jane attempts to understand the power of such fast and deep emotion within the hidden context of
master/slave, father/daughter. Jane harbors nothing but fondness for Rochester, even though she knows in her heart that sometimes love is not to be reciprocated. In spite of the
fact that she fully understands the unlikely nature of such a relationship, this does not deter her from indulging herself in thoughts of love that were far too intense to
ignore. So fierce is her devotion to Rochester that she must restrain herself from letting on just how much she truly feels for him. It is indeed quite
difficult at times for Jane to maintain her composure; however, she frequently reminds herself how "he is not of your order: keep to your caste and be too self-respecting to
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