Everything is in place for the wedding that morning, Jane is dressed and they are going to set off. They arrive at church but a man interrupts them telling them that Mr R already has a wife, Bertha Mason, he proves it and Mr R says that Bertha is mad. Jane is left feeling desolate.
Interesting phrases/extracts
‘So unlike myself that it seemed almost the image of a stranger’ Jane is changing, she has to be changed by this experience, has she lost herself?
‘I wonder what other Bridegroom ever looked as he did -so bent up to a purpose- so grimly resolute:’ he wants it over and done with, a sign perhaps that he is frightened that something may interrupt his purpose, but what?‘my life lorn, my love lost, my hope quenched, my faith death-struck’ all of jane’s happiness has been ripped from her.
Jane’s faith shows through at the end of the chapter, she quotes psalm 169, she feels utterly alone, so she clings to God in her hour of need, there is none other.
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These are good, concise comments. You have developed a good questioning style. You are making some perceptive points. There is a strong sense here of a probing analysis of characters.
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