... After being sent to a boarding school, Jane finds a job working as a governess at Thornfield for the secretive Mr. Rochester, and coworker servants Grace Pool and Mrs. Fairfax among others. Jane finds working a mostly pleasant experience except for some occasional violent or maniacal experiences. She assumes these events are ... attributed to a servant named Grace Pool. Yet, all of these strange events are in fact a foreshadowing of the plot twist - Mr. Rochester has an insane wife, Bertha ... find Mr. Rochester's bedroom ablaze. The identity of the arsonist is unknown, and assumed by ...

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... strange going on in Thornfield. Throughout the book, she hears peculiar laughs coming from the attic. Rochester claims it is just an eccentric servant named Grace Poole. One major incident in Jane Eyre is the fire where Jane ends up saving Rochester"'"s life. She had heard someone scratching on her door ... was smoke coming from Rochester"'"s room and he would have been killed if it wasn"'"t for Jane. Again, Rochester says that it was just Grace Poole. The next day, Grace isn"'"t punished at all and just goes on as normal. After that, Rochester tells Jane to bolt her door every night. R...

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... treated as a commodity and their values were not taken seriously by the males of the time. This is entirely relevant to the fact that Bronte had to write under the alias 'Currer Bell' as not only would her ideas be considered insane, but they would be entirely disregarded if written by a woman, and would probably never be published. Both Jane ... ...

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... at Morton. He lives with his two sisters, Diana and Mary. Jane gets along well with the sisters. Jane does not tell the family her real name, only provides an alias. Jane asks St. John to help her find any kind of work. He offers her a job as a schoolmistress at his school in Morton. Jane is very grateful for St. John ... ...

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... seen, only heard. One night, as Jane lay awake, she heard "a demoniac laugh"(168) and as she rose to investigate she found Rochester's bedroom on fire. Jane thinks it is Grace Poole, the woman that appears to be crazy, who is the culprit of such an insane act; but in reality it is the woman whom is under her secret care ... arranged marriage. Upon discovering her mental condition, he took her out of Jamaica where she was born and forced her to live in England at Thornfield under the care of Grace Poole so that no one would know of their marriage. She felt unloved and was angered that Ro...

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... were soon engaged. Two nights before the wedding, a frightening, dark haired women enters her room and rips her wedding veil in two. Jane was almost certain that it was Grace Pool. Grace Pool was one of the servants that lived on the third floor. That is what was told to Jane, she could never understand why Mr. Rochester would not just let ... to a woman named Bertha Antoinette Mason. Mr. Rochester rushes the wedding party back to Thornfield, where they find his insane and repulsive wife locked in a room on the third story. Grace pool is the woman's keeper but Bertha was responsible for...

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... with her words and brought into question her authority because Ms. Lucy was never the one to declare the punishments but rather Ms. Emily. Luckily, Ms. Lucy was munificent in grace and mercy, and Ruth received no further punishments for talking back to a guardian after she asked for forgiveness. Ms. Lucys kindness enthralled me the day she walked in, and I think ... ...

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... of Mr. Mason and Mr. Briggs. They announced that Mr. Rochester was already married to Bertha Mason. She is mentally insane and lives in the attic of Thornfield Hall with Grace Poole. Jane flees to Whitcross and lives there with St. John, a nice, serious clergyman with his 2 sisters Diana, and Mary. .She stays with them for a while and she almost agreed ... ...

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... the plot. It also adds a much more dramatic feel to the story. Jane Eyre definitely does not lack in the mysterious aura that characterizes gothic literature. Whether it's the occult Grace Poole, or the eerie laughter heard throughout the house which gives the reader a feeling of supernatural events taking place, there is a haze of mystery throughout Jane Eyre. One of the ... ...

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