d flee temptation"(Cole 135). Although Jane gives up what she has previously desired in religion her temptations for Rochester are strictly ignored for a newer religious aspect. In her quest for self-fulfillment in love she believes "the hand of God" will lead the way yet Elizabeth Rigby states otherwise in Jane's religious beliefs:"It pleased God to make her an orphan, friendless, and penniless-yet she thanks nobody, and least of all Him, for food and raiment, the friends, companions, and instructors of her helpless youthon the contrary, she looks upon all that has been done for her not only as an undoubted right, but as falling far short of it"(124)Even though Jane hasn't mentioned thanks for Gods doing in past times, she chooses religion after understanding its importance. Religion is constant through both Victorian and Romantic era's making Jane's choices understandable even though Rigby gives a nonprofessional view of what she should decide in her life. The dependence Jane has of love in her life is beneficial in finding happiness. Although the tension between Rochester and honesty has an effect on their relationship, Jane's search for self-fulfillment is still met in other ways.The natural aspects of Jane's romantic characteristics conflicts with her Victorian surroundings and relationships. Her need for a relationship not only of love but with nature itself, Jane depends on for direction. The usage and reference to nature and its beauty shapes her uniqueness and how at a time when conventional ideas are implied towards "standard conformity" there is little interest in a natural outlook. Jane's interest and reference to her natural surroundings and those which she thinks about are created because of their usage to block out her troubles with the conventional Victorian views of the lower class. Jane reflected her emotions to her natural surroundings from her first setting at Gateshead Hall to the manor-house of Ferndean. ...
