Although it may seem difficult to find a positive consequence for Rochester keeping this enormous secret, it is actually one of the most significant consequences of the novel; The relationship between Jane and Rochester. If Rochester decided not to keep his wife a secret in the attic, Jane would never allow herself to fall in love with Rochester, as Jane would not fall in love with a married man. This is demonstrated when Jane leaves Rochester after hearing this secret, making it her duty. "([Jane] must give up love, an idol. One sad word compromised [her] intolerable] duty: 'Depart!'" (Bronte 335). Thus, Jane leaving Rochester is the negative consequence of her secret ; neither Jane nor Rochester want to separate but it must be done Overall, without Rochester's secret of keeping his wife in the attic, he, as a positive consequence of the secret, manages to fall in love with Jane, and she as a negative consequence As a result, Jane leaves Rochester because her secret deceived her. This secret and many others contribute to the fact that Jane Eyre's secrets contain both positive and negative aspects