Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Jane Eyre Assignment 12

Jane Eyre Assignment 12.
In chapters 27-28 Jane awakes after a few hours after falling asleep and knows that she must leave Thornfield. When she leaves her room Jane encounters Rochester who tries to get Jane to marry him again while apologizing at the same time. When Rochester suddenly realizes why he doesn’t consider himself married, he dives into a story of the past. Rochester met his wife, Bertha when his father decided to give all his wealth to Rochester’s brother Rowland. Rochester was sent to Jamaica to be married to Bertha. When Rochester found out about all the mental malfunction. Which to Rochester explained all wild and sudden violent out bursts that Bertha had during their marriage. Rochester brother and father both knew this and only had Rochester married so they would get money from the marriage. Then Rochester moved back to England with his maniacal wife after both his father and brother died. So then Rochester tells the story of how he and Jane met from his point of view and how he was enchanted with her from the start. Later Jane sneaks out of the house and leaves, but after exhausting all of her money she must walk barefoot the rest of the way to the town and sleeps outdoors. The next day the only food Jane can get is a slice of bread from a farmer. But then Jane spots a house in the moore and runs to it. When the owners do not let her in she collapses on the door step and says she is going to die. But a man by the named of St. John who is the real owner of the house comes and brings her in. when they ask Jane what her name is she says that it is Jane Elliot.

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