Well, we have a lot to unpack here. Love is in the air! Within the first few pages of these chapters, Jane confesses her love for Mr. Rochester and after much back and forth Mr. Rochester asks the BIG question. He begs Jane to marry him and announces that he will leave Ms. Ingram immediately. For all the romance novel fans, these chapters were life changing. One thing that shows up throughout this reading is prophetic fallacy. There are many times where Jane is describing the weather, and it matches her feelings. One example of this is the setting and weather in the orchard right before Mr. Rochester proposes to Jane. This prophetic fallacy also shows up again when Jane is in distress after her run in with this human/vampire during the night. The next day, the weather is stormy and unsettling. She tells Mr. Rochester of this monster, and he tells her she was dreaming. Once he is convinced it was real, he explains that it was Grace Poole and that she was imagining the monstrous features. He says he will tell her the truth of it all after the wedding. It seems like he is trying to lock her down before telling her this, so she can't leave him after finding out the secret. Another suspicious thing that occurs is Mrs. Fairfax almost issuing a warning to Jane about Mr. Rochester. She expresses a lot of our same worries that Jane is inexperienced with men and might be easily taken advantage of and manipulated. She tries to seem happy for Jane, but she seems more worried than happy. A lot of tension towards this secret is being built. I can't wait for the next reading to finally learn this big, bad secret.
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