Assignment 11

I thought that these chapters were certainly a big turning point in the story, more so in chapter 26. It actually kind of reminded me of the beginning of the book. Just because her experience in the Red Room was very similar, because of the way she viewed them. I thought that the idea of the mad woman could have been the stress of her wedding, considering how she had been acting. However, after I read chapter 26 my opinion completely changed. I wasn’t sure what was going to happen at the wedding after the previous night. When Mr. Mason said that Rochester was married to his sister Bertha, I was surprised at first, but based on his secrets that Jane had already learned from other people, I was not that surprised. I was actually more surprised that she didn’t kick him in the shin. He was married for over ten years! I think that the most important thing that this chapter may have revealed that his insane wife may have be the “mad woman in the attic” that Jane may have seen. I immediately figured that when Brocklehurst told her that he would tell her about the woman in a year and a day was because he was hiding something. I am very curious to know what happens next in the story. I really wan to know how this affects Jane and Brocklehurst’s relationship.