Jane's Strength

It is amazing to me how Jane can leave a nice man with a glorious household to start her life over again as a beggar. Any reader of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte would not expect this turn of life for Jane. How can she not be tempted to go back to him when she is starving and alone? If it were me, I would be crawling back to Mr.Rochester by now. Her pride means more to her than her health; Jane would rather die of starvation, begging on her knees to strangers, than to go back to Mr. Rochester. The terrible omens of Jane's dream and her late mother's message must have scared Jane enough to not be driven to return to the safe arms of Mr.Rochester, who could provide shelter and food for her. Even more surprising to me was that Jane grew up deprived of love in the Reed household and now she has the strength to leave a man who devotes his love to her. I would have expected Jane to be holding onto Mr.Rochester, and never let go of his love that makes up for the years she grew up with no love.