Sangue16

I watched a film version of Jane Eyre today which was almost good (a rare thing), but then it fell at the last hurdle and turned into a love story involving Jane and Mr Rochester, like they all do. None of the film makers seem to see the subtitle 'An Autobiography'. And Jane, of course, is not just a woman, but woman personified. She (woman) loves him (man) because of his rough edges, and the fact that he's aware of them. (A bit like Scout likes men because of the way the spit and cuss. Harper Lee must have had a reason for making Scout a girl, and the story would work just as well with a boy. Actually, To Kill a Mockingbird is written as an autobiography too.) Jane's cousin, St John, is more classically a worthy man, but has no awareness of woman.