Name: Maha Hossam Class: 11SG Date: 26/11/2022 Assigned Chapters: Chapter 26 Chapters’ Main Points (summary)and title (Write the title of every chapter and one or two sentences maximum to explain why you feel that your title is the best title for this chapter): At the beginning of chapter 26, Sophie is helping Jane prepare for her wedding to Mr. Rochester. On the way to the church, Jane passes the churchyard cemetery and notices 2 strangers staring at a gravestone. Later, when Mr. Rochester and Jane are in the church, the strangers are also inside. When the priest who is officiating the wedding asks if anyone objects, the stranger object. The stranger then goes on to explain that Mr. Rochester is married to Mr., Mason`s sister, Bertha. Mr. Rochester then admits that he was about to knowingly marry a second wife. He then goes on to tell everyone that she is insane and so he locked her up with Grace to care for her. Rochester then shows everyone where he keeps Bertha and where she assaulted her brother. Bertha then tries to strangle Rochester. Jane locks herself away in grief and proceeds to think and pray. Connection (Connect to happenings at school world events, problems you have experienced, or similar books or authors) MACBETH CONNECTION "So foul and fair a day I have not seen" -Macbeth (Liii.40) -VS"I know not whether the day was fair or foul"-Jane (p.310) In Macbeth, when Macbeth says that quote, he is mentioning that there were both good and bad things happening that day. Just like when Jane said her quote, she “I” was foreshadowing the fact that on her wedding day, there would be good and bad. Jane also didn't know what the day will bring just like she didn't know what the weather was. Quotes (Write The best two quotes and why you consider them the best) Quote 1 "In the deep shade, at the further end of the room, a figure ran backward and forwards. What it was, whether beast or human being, one could not tell: it groveled, seemingly, on all fours; it snatched and growled like some strange wild animal: but it was covered with clothing; and a quantity of dark, grizzled hair, wild as a mane, hid its head and face." In the above quote, Jane describes her first close encounter with Bertha, Rochester’s first wife. In the big reveal after Mr. Mason’s allegation that Rochester is already married, Rochester takes the wedding party to the third floor of Thornfield. He exhibits Bertha to justify his philandering and his decision to marry Jane. Jane’s description of Bertha reduces Bertha to an animalistic existence. She uses “it” as a pronoun to describe Bertha and explains her movements and growls as scary and primal. 1 Quote 2 When Jane is going into the church for her wedding, she describes the setting of the graveyard in front of the church and the outside of the church. "And now I recall the picture of the gray old house of God rising calm before me, of a rook wheeling round the steeple, of a ruddy morning sky beyond. I remember something, too, of the green grave mounds; and I have not forgotten, either, two figures of strangers straying among the low hillocks and reading the mementos graven on the few mossy headstones” -Jane (p.310) Quote 3 "I know not whether the day was the fate of four; in descending the drive, I gazed neither on sky nor earth: my heart was with my eyes: and both seemed migrated to Mr. O Rochester's frame. I wanted to see the invisible thing on which, as we went along, he appeared to fasten a glance fiercely and fell. I wanted to feel the thoughts whose force he seemed breasting and resisting" (Page 63) Jane is so nervous she doesn't notice whether the day was foul. All of these descriptions are negative which foreshadows later events that something bad is about to happen -Jane uses two negative descriptions for the day that is to come and the reason for this is because it is going to foreshadow later events that are going to occur Themes or any other literary devices (Write briefly The fundamental and universal ideas explored in these chapters) vocabulary explanation Literary device “Foil” Jane Eyre and Bertha Mason are foils for one another, representing opposite responses to Mr. Rochester's bad behavior toward them. For example, when Jane finds out in Chapter 26 that Mr. Rochester is already married, she remains composed: My nerves vibrated to those low-spoken words as they had never vibrated to thunder – my blood felt their subtle violence as it had never felt frost or fire, but I was collected and in no danger of swooning. Fundamental idea: Mr. Rochester is married to Mr., Mason`s sister, Bertha. Universal ideas: Jane locks herself away in grief and proceeds to think and pray. Themes: Love, Family, and Independence Social Class and Social Rules Gender Roles Feeling vs. Judgment Vocabulary Admonition - A warning, caution Bigamy- Having more than one wife 2 Illustration 1. draw a sketch, cartoon, diagram, or any kind of graphic organizer reflecting upon the most significant event for you. 2. Write next to your illustration why you think this event is the Key Event of these chapters. Jane locks herself away in grief and proceeds to think and pray 3
