A8,A9

I think Rochester’s attitude is changing for the worse. But theres really no explanation behind it. He just switches up his moods for no apparent reason, at least in my opinion. He acts like as if Jane isn’t there anymore now that he has found love in someone else. The lady who Rochester has feelings for is from the high class and tends to look down on Jane a lot and Rochester allows that, which is not cool at all. I think the reason why she does that is because secretly she is jealous of Jane in some way because she is always around at the gatherings and she doesn’t like that. And she also looks down on her because she is not at her social level and the fact that she is a governess. I think at some point Rochester has to keep his feelings for Jane and his interactions with her on the down low so that the high class people don’t think he associates with people like Jane who is obviously not high class at all. That isn’t really fair because he’s acting as if he’s ashamed of her when really he’s not. Rochester is just being fake. That’s all.

Charlotte Bronte brings up an interesting situation in this chapter. Now that Jane is witnessing the craziness that happens at night and she suspects that it is Grace Poole at first, but then she realizes that it couldn’t be and it has to be someone else. This can confuse readers because of the type of person that Grace Poole is you would automatically think its her but to your surprise it isn’t. So you are wondering well what other character is doing all of this craziness at night or if it’s Jane’s spirits taunting her. Rochester keeps Jane wondering about the noises she’s hears at night. But he avoids her concerns most of the time. So I would think that she suspects something else that he is not letting her in on and she is very anxious about the matter.