cklehurst do play an important role in the reason Jane leaves Gateshead, Jane herself is the chief reason for her own departure.While it is true Jane needs a desire in order to leave a trouble-free, paid position at Lowood, she also must require a reason to leave. The urge for change is always present in people but they need something to light their fuse. For Jane, this ignition comes when Miss Temple, a friend, tutor, mother, and companion to Jane marries and leaves Lowood to never come back (76). Jane considers this a great loss and recounts:From the day she left I was no longer the same: with her was gone every settled feeling, every association that had made Lowood in some degree a home to me. (76)Once Miss Temple is gone, Jane feels that she is truly herself; that she is not influenced by anything or anyone (76-77). She feels, “as if a motive had gone… the reason for tranquility was no more” (77). Miss Temple is Jane’s reason for staying, and her departure, consequently, is Jane’s reason for leaving.A desire to change always has anticipation. It is clear Jane desires to leave Gateshead and Lowood, and there are reasons for her departure, but what is she looking forward to doing; what are her anticipations? When at Gateshead Jane is definitely not happy, and, after being asked by Mr. Lloyd if she likes staying at Gateshead, she responds, “If I had anywhere else to go, I should be glad to leave” (17). After Jane’s meeting with Mr. Brocklehurst and Mrs. Reed, Jane forms a new anticipation; she decides if asked how treated at Gateshead, she would reveal her miserable life. Jane displays this by saying to Mrs. Reed:if anyone asks me how I like you, and how you treated me, I will say the very thought of you makes me sick, and that you treated me with miserable cruelty… and I’ll let everyone at Lowood know what you are, and what you have done (30)Although this intenti...
