Saturday, September 13, 2008
Creepy!
At the end of the reading to page 237 i was freaking out. Mr. Rochester pretending to be the gypsy was so strange. At first i thought for sure it was Grace Pool pretending to be the gypsy, but when he revealed himself i was shocked! The fact that he noticed Jane's infatuation with him must signal that he too has an interest in Jane to have noticed it. Jane mentions how she can't seem to think why Mr. Rochester would marry Mrs. Ingram because she is far from genuince and lacks passion. She implies that Mr. Rochester and herself are made for each other when she says 'he is not of their kind. I believe he is of mine - ' (Pg. 203) Then on page 208 Mrs. Ingram explains that it is okay for a man to not be handsome as long as he is manly, while a woman who is ugly is just a blot on the face of creation. She seems to be directly slandering Jane's appearance and complementing Mr. Rochester's. When Mr. Rochester demands Jane to be present while his visitors are here he seems to get caught up in her, because when he bids her farewell he stops mid-sentence when saying 'goodnight, my -' i think he is truly falling in love with Jane. In this reading we see the reappearance of the tweener time - at dusk when Jane is waiting for Rochester to return, and Mason shows up. Jane sees that Mason has the same vacant look as Mrs. Ingram, such as they behold no purpose or passion for life. I wonder what this resemblance indicates. When the "gypsy" is talking to Jane he says you are cold because you are alone, which brings about the prevalent relationship between ice and solitude, fire and passion. At the end of the chapter Mr. Rochester says 'I wish i were in a quite island with only you;' and then Jane refers to Mr. Rochester as a friend rather than a master, their relationship is becoming much more openly intimate. I think their future romance is soon to come, now that they have both admitted to have feelings for one another.
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Juliette,
An excellent post! I admire how your observations are so deeply rooted in the text (and, hence, both accurate and productive). "No purpose or passion" is an astute way to summarize those characters (Blanche, Mason) for whom Bronte seems to have little admiration. I'm excited for you to read further as I'm pretty confident you will find some 'shocks' just as arresting as the revelation that Rochester is the Gypsy.
let me know!
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