Jane Eyre Question 7

As an author, Charlotte Bronte got to decide the different techniques she used to engage the readers in Jane Eyre. First off, Bronte was descriptive throughout the whole entire book. We were able to feel like we were there in the story. In Chapter 2, Jane was sent to the red-room where she had to stay for awhile. While she was there, she gave a description of the room. She said, "two large windows", "the carpet was red", "a bed, supported on massive pillars of mahogany", and "the walls a soft fawn-color." (Bronte 19) Charlotte Bronte wrote Jane Eyre so there was mystery and suspense. The mystery was what Mr. Rochester was really hiding. All along, Jane thought the eerie laughter was from Grace Poole but it was from Bertha Mason. She also thought Grace Poole started the fires, but that was Bertha's fault. After the first fire, Mr. Rochester said "I must pay a visit to the third story." (Bronte 179) This was where Bertha Mason was kept. The suspense in the novel was when Jane and Mr. Rochester were going to get married. The day they were supposed to get married, a stranger tells them they cannot get married because Mr. Rochester is already married. The stranger was a solicitior from London who was sent by Richard Mason, Bertha's brother. After the truth came out, Jane was taken to see Bertha. She then proceeded to leave Thornfield.

Brontë, Charlotte, Susan Ostrov. Weisser, and George Stade. Jane Eyre. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2003. Print.