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• The wedding is interrupted


  1. Rochester heads to the church in a hurry

  2. Rochester says they love straight ahead

  3. Two unknown figures appear in the churchyard

  4. Rochester doesn't notice them

  5. Rachel's urgency and the appearance of these people give the reader a pretty bad feeling about the wedding
• The wedding is interrupted by a solicitor


  1. The solicitor says Mr Rochester already has a wife, called Bertha

  2. This is confirmed by the man with him, who turns out to be Mr Mason-Bertha's brother

  3. This is the story that Mr Rochester has been hiding

  4. Bertha has been living at Thornfield all along
• Bertha


  • She is described as a "living beast"
  • She has "glaring eyes" and a "fearful face"
  • Bran piles up these descriptions to create a grotesque picture of Bertha
• Jane had written to her uncle in Madeira


  • He was with Mr Mason at the time
  • Mr Mason knew that Mr Rochester was already married so he travelled back to England to stop the wedding
• Jane describes herself as a "cold, salty girl again - she's lost everything"
• Mr Rochester


  Asks Jane to marry him
• Everything is ready


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  3. She gais to

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• The weather foreshadows an unhappy event
• After Mr Rochester's proposal

  The bone-chilling wind howls
• The lightning has struck the chestnut tree in the garden
• Mrs Fairfax


  Doesn't approve of the marriage
• Mrs Fairfax


  Looks at a dancer and says "Gender contracted"
• Mrs Fairfax is the voice of expectation that Mr Rochester should marry someone of higher social status
• Mr Rochester


  Pretended he was going to marry Blanche to make Jane jealous
• Jane is concerned about Blanche's feelings but Mr Rochester assures her that Blanche thought he wasn't rich enough for her
• Mr Rochester


  Was to give Jane jewels and buy her fancy clothes, which makes her feel very uncomfortable
• Jane: '"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me"'
• Jane


  Has been watching Mr Rochester closely
• Bertha


  Described as a maniac and "lunatic"
• Bertha has been living secretly in the attic
• Jane


  Meets Bertha
• Mr Rochester


  Keeps Jane close
• The wedding is interrupted
• It is revealed that Mr Rochester is already married to Bertha
• What happens when Jane goes to leave thornfield
• Jane decides to go back to Thornfield Hall
• Rochester asks Jane to marry him again, but she refuses
• St John Rivers proposes marriage to Jane
• Jane returns to Gateshead
• She visits her aunt Mrs Reed who has become ill
• Jane rejects St John's proposal
• Jane returns home to Gateshead
• Mr Rochester leaves England with Céline Varens
• Jane leaves Thornfield Hall forever
• Bertha dies in the fire at Thornfield Hall
• Mrs Reed dies and leaves Jane an inheritance
• Jane becomes governess at Thornfield Hall
• Jane goes to London with Mr Rochester
• Jane agrees to marry St John on the condition that he allows Rochester to live with them
• Jane is invited by St John to visit India as his wife