Jayne Eyre

crucial element to the reader's interpretation of the novel,

allowing Bronte to subtly aid the reader in foreboding coming

events. Bronte successfully creates mystery and suspense in her

novel through the use of both features of plot and narrative

techniques. Bronte's features of plot which allow her to create

mystery and suspense are the esoteric nature of Grace Poole, the

visit of the fortune teller at Thornfield, and the fire in

Rochester's bedroom and the subsequent mystery of what is in the

attic. Bronte's narrative techniques are the use of literary

symbolism and dreams, both of which are used to convey a Gothic

and supernatural setting. Through the use of these literary

devices, Jane Eyre becomes both cabbalistic and prophetic.

Bronte's character Grace Poole is surrounded by a obscure haze

from the reader's first introduction to her, an effective device

used in order to create a mysterious atmosphere in the novel. Jane

first learns of the occult Grace Poole upon hearing her laugh upon

being shown the attic by Mrs Fairfax. Bronte first creates an

ambience of mystery through the initial description of the

setting. The attic is described by Jane as

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