"I told you I am independent, sir, as well as rich: I am my own mistress"(383).
             This passage does an excellent job of portraying the obvious feministic aspect of this novel. It shows that Jane has achieved self-hood; she doesn't need a husband to support her. She is independent and in charge of her own life, which is essentially a rejection of the role of wife and mother that women are expected to play in a patriarchal society.
             "Nonsense again! Marry! I don't want to marry, and never shall marry"(341).
             Traditionally, in patriarchal societies women were expected to marry, and most made it their sole desire to find a good and advantageous match. Jane's emphatic statement that she has no desire to marry is a rejection of the traditional role for women. This is a very feminist passage in that Jane is renouncing the common role of women by promulgating that she'll never be a wife.
             ' "I before proved to you the absurdity of a single woman of your age proposing to accompany abroad a single man of mine"......... " I say again, I will be your curate, but never your wife"'(363-364).
             Society would never accept a single man and woman of similar ages to travel abroad together, yet that is precisely what Jane proposes. Although any woman who did this would be stigmatized as improper or a mistress, Jane rejects the traditional roles of women and offers to go anyway.
             "If I had anywhere else to go, I should be glad to leave it; but I can never get away from Gateshead till I am a woman"(20).
             Jane plans on being able to leave Gateshead and make a life for herself once she is a woman. This is a very feminist quote because it demonstrates that with womanhood comes the ability to provide for oneself and achieve a satisfying life.
             "I am glad you are no relation of mine: I will never call you aunt again as long as I live. I will
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