Who is Sympathetic?

Is Antoinette or Mr. Rochester a sympathetic character? I believe Antoinette is the sympathetic character. In part two of the novel, Antoinette is stuck in a situation with Mr. Rochester. They seem to settle down kindly, but then Mr. Rochester begins to become very skeptical. In Granbois, Mr. Rochester feels out of place, and the treatment of the locals towards him cause him to wonder what is wrong. When Daniel Cosway tells him of Antoinette’s situation, he tips and becomes almost completely estranged from Antoinette. Even though they share an intimate moment later on, he lacks the true trust of someone who believes in another. More importantly, the following morning when he wakes up sick, he immediately suspects that he has been poisoned (which he has been), but it is such a sudden realization that one has to wonder how he really views Antoinette. Very few people would immediately think that they have been poisoned when sick, and especially suspecting that the person who you are with was the one who did it. His obvious suspicion and the fact that he sleeps with another person right afterward makes him an unsympathetic character. Instead of doing what a normal person would do, which is finding out why someone would poison them (or whether or not they were poisoned), he gets his revenge by sleeping with someone as soon as possible. Antoinette, on the other hand, we know had good intentions by poisoning him. She was convinced that the “tonic” which she was giving him would make him love her. Even though one can say that her intent is somewhat malicious because she intends to change Mr. Rochester, one must consider the situation which she is in. She grew up without happiness and Mr. Rochester gave her some but then took it away.  Antoinette is sympathetic because of her innocence in this situation. On the other hand, Mr. Rochester is not sympathetic because of his rash and harsh response to Antoinette’s good intentions.