Mr. St. John 

In Jane Eyre, St. John Rivers is much admired and yet there is something disturbing about him that puts the heroine, Jane on her guard. He is handsome, a quality she distrusts; he acts out of Christian charity, the motivation of which is questionable; he shows a sense of reasoning in keeping with his nature, but contradictory to his espoused values. Jane early on in their acquaintance makes note of: "St. John's eyes, though clear enough in a literal sense, in a figurative one were difficult to fathom."(261). Here she seems to be both attracted to and tempered by his ambiguity. The Saint like quality suggested by his name is, like his appearance and all surface considerations regarding his character, contrasted by an inner sense of morality void of spiritual integrity. From "St. John Rivers: A Proposal of Marriage" by Tom Alexander.

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