Chapter summery:
17) Mr. Rochester is away, and Jane begins to realise she feels a bit lost without him. He returns for a while, bringing many guests including Blanche Ingram. Jane tries to leave the party, Rochester stops her insisting she stay for a while almost hinting at his feelings for her.
18) Jane watches Mr. Rochester and Blanche whilst they were playing charades. She gets it into her head that they are going to marry. Later a Gypsy turns up to read the guest’s fortunes, blanche is first and returns disappointed.
19) Jane goes to the library to have her fortune read. The gypsy tells her what she said to Blanche, and Jane realises why she was upset. As she begins to read Jane’s fortune, Jane realises that it is actually Mr. Rochester in disguise! Mr. Mason arrives which troubles Mr. Rochester.
20) That night Jane is woken by a cry for help. Mr. Rochester comes to see her and asks her to help, he takes her to the 3rd story and Mr. Mason is there having been stabbed. After this Jane and Mr.Rochester walk in the orchard, and Mr. Rochester asks Jane for her opinion on a hypothetical story.
21) Jane has heard that it is a bad omen to dream of children, and she dreams about them over many nights. She then gets news of her cousin John Reed committing suicide and that Mrs. Reed is nearing death. Jane travels to Gateshead, where she is reunited with Bessie, and her cousins Eliza and Georgiana. Mrs. Reed dies.
22) Jane remains for another month at Gateshead, Then travels back to Thornfield
23) Jane encounters Mr. Rochester in the gardens and they go for a walk. Rochester confides in Jane that he has decided to marry and that he has found a governess position for her in Ireland. Jane is distressed by this and Rochester now proposes to her! And Jane accepts!
24) Jane and Mr. Rochester’s wedding does not run smoothly. Jane begins to get more and more nervous about the wedding, and other people’s doubts are not helping her. She begins to doubt that the wedding will go ahead.
25) Jane is beginning to have disturbing dreams about children that are worrying her. She then awakes to find a ‘savage looking’ women destroying her wedding dress. Mr. Rochester dismisses her to be Grace Poole. Mr. Rochester says he will explain after they have been married a year.
26) Everything is in place for the wedding. It seems all is going to go smoothly until one man stands up and says that they cannot be married as Mr. Rochester already has a wife. ‘Bertha Mason’ . Mr. Rochester protests and invites the congregation back to Thornfiled to see Bertha and that she is mad and that he should be allowed to marry again. They meet ‘the mad woman in the attic’ and Jane ends up locking herself in her room, distressed by the entire situation.
Characters:
Bertha Mason - Bertha Mason is a formerly beautiful and wealthy Creole woman who has become insane and violent. She lives locked inside a secret room on the 3rd floor of Thornfield. She is Mr. Rochester’s wife.
Mr.Rochester- Seems to becoming a more disturbing and confusing character. He seems to be hiding many things from Jane, and with the revelation of his secret wife at their wedding, what else has he got to hide from her? Also he seems to be very emotionally insecure as he will not act upon his emotions until he knows that they are reciprocal ( reference to his ‘love’ for Jane). Also he seems to consistently be deceitful towards her, for example where he tricks her by pretending to be a Gypsy, or that rather confusing proposal.
Mrs. Fairfax- Turns out to be a rather lovely character, and we beging to see that her own intentions are that Jane is happy.
Jane- Jane is a bit of a hard character to analysis in so much text. All I can say is that what I have said before about her, though she is still growing emotionally, and learning of the hurt love brings she is still naïve and very trusting. For example Mr.Rochester has hurt and deceived her many tomes about her intentions towards her, yet she still goes running back to him. Maybe this is as she has developed a strong sense of need to be and feel loved. Also we see the kind caring side of Jane when she goes back to visit the Reeds. She shows them a lot of kindness even though they never showed her any compassion. Especially in the case of Mrs. Reed.
Themes:
I’d say again that the themes are carried through from section to section, you still have the fact that when ever anything good happens in Jane’s life it never lasts long. There will always be something just around the corner, to make her unhappy again. Which just adds to the boredom the book creates. I for one cannot stand listening to Jane moan constantly throughout the book. Another motif I suppose is all the description, and again it ranges at either one extreme or the other. She is either really happy about something and describes it that way.. Or is rather melancholy about the whole thing.. Which just bores me if I am honest.
There are also other themes such as Jane’s need for love and the often slight theme of religion.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
11-16
Chapter summery:
11) A clean beginning in Jane’s life. This chapter is where Jane travels to Thornfield and begins to get settled there. In this chapter 2 main characters are introduced: Mrs Fairfax and Adele. Another character introduced is Grace Poole, though she does not seem to hold such an important role just yet, Bronte seems to want us to know a little about her.
12) This is where Jane first meets Mr. Rochester, however it is not known to her who he is. She meets him whilst she is walking down the path and he falls off his horse, and then proceeds to help him
13) This chapter is all about the very beginnings of a relationship between Jane and Mr. Rochester as it is within this chapter they have their first convocation whilst knowing who the other is.
14) This again is another chapter of Jane beginning to know Mr. Rochester, and the first hints of her feelings towards him.
15) Here Mr. Rochester explains to Jane about his relationship with Adele. However in the latter half of this chapter a suspicious fire breaks out in Mr. Rochester’s room. Jane believes this has something to do with the strange employee of Thornfield Grace Poole.
16) Chapter 16 shows Jane letting her emotions take controls over her mind. She is surprised that Grace is still employed after the fire, and proceeds to question her about the event. However all Grace will say is that Mr. Rochester forgot to blow out his candles, taking herself out of the situation. Jane also appears jealous when Mr. Rochester goes to visit a Miss. Ingram.
Characters:
Jane: as with the rest of the novel so far, this part of the story is still describing Jane’s social learning curve. She is still learning to control her feelings and to not let them take control of her. I.e. being jealous of people Mr. Rochester cares for, as she seemingly wants to have her feelings for him returned.
Mr. Rochester: One of the characters introduced in this section of reading, he already looks like he is going to have a big impact on Jane. Although after finishing reading these chapters it is very clear that Jane has Strong feelings for him that they might not be reciprocated. To me as a reader he gives the impression that he is a very closed character, as in a man that does not share his emotions openly, maybe a good representation of men of this era?
Mrs. Fairfax: she seems to be portrayed as a nice, welcoming elderly lady. She is the Housekeeper of Thornfield. She shows Jane that not all authority figures are awful, in that she is nice to Jane unlike any of those Jane has described to us in the past, i.e. Mr. Brockelhurst or Mrs. Reed.
Adele: this is the young girl, whom Jane was hired to teach.
Themes:
Emotional growth - I.e. Jane is still learning to control her emotions , or speaking her own mind
Religion - still a strong point as Jane is beginning to thank god of things
Freedom - Jane begins to have more freedom after she has left Lowood.
11) A clean beginning in Jane’s life. This chapter is where Jane travels to Thornfield and begins to get settled there. In this chapter 2 main characters are introduced: Mrs Fairfax and Adele. Another character introduced is Grace Poole, though she does not seem to hold such an important role just yet, Bronte seems to want us to know a little about her.
12) This is where Jane first meets Mr. Rochester, however it is not known to her who he is. She meets him whilst she is walking down the path and he falls off his horse, and then proceeds to help him
13) This chapter is all about the very beginnings of a relationship between Jane and Mr. Rochester as it is within this chapter they have their first convocation whilst knowing who the other is.
14) This again is another chapter of Jane beginning to know Mr. Rochester, and the first hints of her feelings towards him.
15) Here Mr. Rochester explains to Jane about his relationship with Adele. However in the latter half of this chapter a suspicious fire breaks out in Mr. Rochester’s room. Jane believes this has something to do with the strange employee of Thornfield Grace Poole.
16) Chapter 16 shows Jane letting her emotions take controls over her mind. She is surprised that Grace is still employed after the fire, and proceeds to question her about the event. However all Grace will say is that Mr. Rochester forgot to blow out his candles, taking herself out of the situation. Jane also appears jealous when Mr. Rochester goes to visit a Miss. Ingram.
Characters:
Jane: as with the rest of the novel so far, this part of the story is still describing Jane’s social learning curve. She is still learning to control her feelings and to not let them take control of her. I.e. being jealous of people Mr. Rochester cares for, as she seemingly wants to have her feelings for him returned.
Mr. Rochester: One of the characters introduced in this section of reading, he already looks like he is going to have a big impact on Jane. Although after finishing reading these chapters it is very clear that Jane has Strong feelings for him that they might not be reciprocated. To me as a reader he gives the impression that he is a very closed character, as in a man that does not share his emotions openly, maybe a good representation of men of this era?
Mrs. Fairfax: she seems to be portrayed as a nice, welcoming elderly lady. She is the Housekeeper of Thornfield. She shows Jane that not all authority figures are awful, in that she is nice to Jane unlike any of those Jane has described to us in the past, i.e. Mr. Brockelhurst or Mrs. Reed.
Adele: this is the young girl, whom Jane was hired to teach.
Themes:
Emotional growth - I.e. Jane is still learning to control her emotions , or speaking her own mind
Religion - still a strong point as Jane is beginning to thank god of things
Freedom - Jane begins to have more freedom after she has left Lowood.
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