1) Our introduction to Jane Eyre begins at Gateshead, the home of Jane Eyre and the Reeds, her wealthy relatives. In the opening scene we see Jane Eyre calmly reading her novel as her horrid cousin John does his usual duty of terrorizing the poor girl. She tries to remain calm until John takes her book and strikes her with it, opening both a wound on her head, and her flaring temper. She proceeds to attack her cousin until the scrap is broken up by her aunt Mrs. Reed who, of course, holds Jane completely responsible for the fight and punishes her accordingly by sending her to the Red Room, both a pseudo time-out zone, and the death-place of her Uncle Reed.
2) The two serfs of Gateshead, Miss Abbott and Bessie, take a screaming and flailing Jane to the red room, where she takes some time to reflect on the occurrences the lead up to her temporary incarceration, soon after, Jane’s child mind begins to believe that her Uncle Reed’s ghost is also sharing her space with her. She begins to scream and cry, stricken with fear, though Mrs.Reed just believes it is a plot to escape her punishment. Jane eventually shuts down and faints due to her high stress at the time.
3) As Jane comes to, she finds herself in her own room being cared for by the family’s apothecary Mr. Lloyd, also in the room is one of the families serf Bessie Lee, who expresses her discontent to the treatment of young Jane Eyre, Mr. Lloyd brings up the idea of schooling, which excites Jane with the thought of leaving her Aunt’s estate. Later, she overhears a conversation between Bessie and Miss Abbott, where she learns of her family’s disapproval of her father, and also of her Aunts exemption from her grandfather’s will, which possibly explains her bias with the treatment of Jane.
4) Time has passed and the seasons are changing, Jane is still withstanding the cruelty at the hands of her Aunt and cousins, while awaiting the preparation of her schooling. She is introduced to Mr. Brocklehurst, the grumpy man who also happens to be the owner of Lowood School for girls, she proceeds to be interrogated with questions regarding religion. Her aunt then tells Mr. Brocklehurst that Jane has a penchant for lying, which Mr. Brocklehurst intended to spread throughout the school. Shortly after, Jane proceeds to tear into Mrs. Reed with a lengthy monologue describing her mistreatment. Her aunt is thoroughly defeated, and Jane remains strong.
5) Soon after her meeting with Mr. Brocklehurst, she is transported to Lowood. Her first day of school, she begins her regular introduction to her classmates and daily occurrences. She finds one of her teachers, Miss Temple, to be kind and pleasant, her other instructor Miss Scatcherd she thinks less of. Here she meets Helen Burns, an intellectual student who spends most of the time reading her books, then socializing.
2) The two serfs of Gateshead, Miss Abbott and Bessie, take a screaming and flailing Jane to the red room, where she takes some time to reflect on the occurrences the lead up to her temporary incarceration, soon after, Jane’s child mind begins to believe that her Uncle Reed’s ghost is also sharing her space with her. She begins to scream and cry, stricken with fear, though Mrs.Reed just believes it is a plot to escape her punishment. Jane eventually shuts down and faints due to her high stress at the time.
3) As Jane comes to, she finds herself in her own room being cared for by the family’s apothecary Mr. Lloyd, also in the room is one of the families serf Bessie Lee, who expresses her discontent to the treatment of young Jane Eyre, Mr. Lloyd brings up the idea of schooling, which excites Jane with the thought of leaving her Aunt’s estate. Later, she overhears a conversation between Bessie and Miss Abbott, where she learns of her family’s disapproval of her father, and also of her Aunts exemption from her grandfather’s will, which possibly explains her bias with the treatment of Jane.
4) Time has passed and the seasons are changing, Jane is still withstanding the cruelty at the hands of her Aunt and cousins, while awaiting the preparation of her schooling. She is introduced to Mr. Brocklehurst, the grumpy man who also happens to be the owner of Lowood School for girls, she proceeds to be interrogated with questions regarding religion. Her aunt then tells Mr. Brocklehurst that Jane has a penchant for lying, which Mr. Brocklehurst intended to spread throughout the school. Shortly after, Jane proceeds to tear into Mrs. Reed with a lengthy monologue describing her mistreatment. Her aunt is thoroughly defeated, and Jane remains strong.
5) Soon after her meeting with Mr. Brocklehurst, she is transported to Lowood. Her first day of school, she begins her regular introduction to her classmates and daily occurrences. She finds one of her teachers, Miss Temple, to be kind and pleasant, her other instructor Miss Scatcherd she thinks less of. Here she meets Helen Burns, an intellectual student who spends most of the time reading her books, then socializing.
6) Her second day opens drearily, their water is frozen in their buckets and they are unable to wash. The school is underfunded, there is little food and the work is hard. Miss Scatchered proceeds to punish Helen, which she takes without complaint. Helen tells Jane she practices Christian tolerance, love your enemies, turn the other cheek etc. Which Jane strongly disapproves of.
7) Mr. Brocklehurst keeps his promise to her aunt Mrs. Reed, after Jane dropped her slate, he orders her to stand on a stool and tells all of the people of Lowood she is a liar and is deceitful.
8) Helen speaks to Jane although it is forbidden and assures her the girls of the school feels pity rather than dislike. Jane tells Miss Temple she is not a liar and is not deceitful, Miss Temple confirms that by writing to Mr. Lloyd, Jane is proven innocent.
9) After throwing herself in her studies she develops a talent for drawing and French. Helen is very sick and Jane sneaks into see how she is doing. Helen and Jane sleep together trying to grasp any warmth from each other’s body heat. Helen is dead when Jane awakes.
10) Mr. Brocklehursts neglect to Lowood causes the outbreak of Typhus. A new group then becomes the over lookers of Lowood. Jane studies determinedly for the next six years at Lowood and becomes a teacher there for two years. She then looks for a job as governess and Thornfield the recipient of her application accepted her offer.
11) When Jane arrives at Thornfield an elderly lady named Mrs. Fairfax invites her inside and tells her about her new situation there at Thornfield. The information Jane received was that the master, Mr. Rochester rarely comes by Thornfield, her pupil, Adele, is an abandoned child Mr. Rochester agreed to care for. After hearing a creepy laughter, Mrs. Fairfax mentions the seamstress, Grace Poole is instable.
9) After throwing herself in her studies she develops a talent for drawing and French. Helen is very sick and Jane sneaks into see how she is doing. Helen and Jane sleep together trying to grasp any warmth from each other’s body heat. Helen is dead when Jane awakes.
10) Mr. Brocklehursts neglect to Lowood causes the outbreak of Typhus. A new group then becomes the over lookers of Lowood. Jane studies determinedly for the next six years at Lowood and becomes a teacher there for two years. She then looks for a job as governess and Thornfield the recipient of her application accepted her offer.
11) When Jane arrives at Thornfield an elderly lady named Mrs. Fairfax invites her inside and tells her about her new situation there at Thornfield. The information Jane received was that the master, Mr. Rochester rarely comes by Thornfield, her pupil, Adele, is an abandoned child Mr. Rochester agreed to care for. After hearing a creepy laughter, Mrs. Fairfax mentions the seamstress, Grace Poole is instable.
12) Along Jane’s journey to the mailing office Mr. Rochester’s horse tumbles down because it was startled by her. Jane helped him mount his horse although he was a stranger then. When Jane returned from the mailing office Mrs. Fairfax mentioned the master of the house arrived with a hurt leg and will see to her next day.
13) The following day her master calls her to have tea with Adele and himself. It was in fact the man she helped on the horse. She acknowledges the very strong characteristics along with rigid speaking Mr. Rochester possesses.
14) After dinner Jane and Adele are invited to sit by the fire with Mr. Rochester. The communication they share is quite stiff and honest even though they had just met.
15) Mr. Rochester finally fulfills his promise to Jane by telling her about his and Adele’s past. After the information Jane lies awake brooding about the strange insights she has gained into her employer’s past. Jane soon hears what sounds like someone entering a room and a door closing. She jumps to her feet and goes into Mr. Rochester’s room and finds a fire that has been started by an unknown assailant. She begins to pour water over the fire all the while trying to wake up Mr. Rochester. Once he has awoken and is out of harm’s way, he cautions Jane not to tell anyone about the details of the night. Rochester sleeps on the library couch for the rest of the night.
16) The next day, all of the servants believed that Mr. Rochester had fallen asleep with a lit candle next to his bed. Jane notices that Grace Poole showed no signs of guilt or remorse. She cannot imagine why a murderer is allowed to continue working at Thornfield. After a while Jane realizes that she is beginning to have feelings for Mr. Rochester and is disappointed that he is leaving for several days. He is to attend a party where he is to meet a beautiful lady.
17) Mr. Rochester has been gone for a week, Jane is dismayed to learn that he may choose to depart to continental Europe and may not be returning to Thornfield for more than a year(according to Mrs. Fairfax). However, a week later Mrs. Fairfax receives word that Mr. Rochester will arrive in a few days with guests. Jane is forced to join the group of guests when they arrived. Later that day, Jane leaves the party but Mr. Rochester stops her and they talk about the party and the guests. Jane is sad but as they part away from each other he says “Good-night, my-” as he bites his lip to prevent finishing his sentence.
13) The following day her master calls her to have tea with Adele and himself. It was in fact the man she helped on the horse. She acknowledges the very strong characteristics along with rigid speaking Mr. Rochester possesses.
14) After dinner Jane and Adele are invited to sit by the fire with Mr. Rochester. The communication they share is quite stiff and honest even though they had just met.
15) Mr. Rochester finally fulfills his promise to Jane by telling her about his and Adele’s past. After the information Jane lies awake brooding about the strange insights she has gained into her employer’s past. Jane soon hears what sounds like someone entering a room and a door closing. She jumps to her feet and goes into Mr. Rochester’s room and finds a fire that has been started by an unknown assailant. She begins to pour water over the fire all the while trying to wake up Mr. Rochester. Once he has awoken and is out of harm’s way, he cautions Jane not to tell anyone about the details of the night. Rochester sleeps on the library couch for the rest of the night.
16) The next day, all of the servants believed that Mr. Rochester had fallen asleep with a lit candle next to his bed. Jane notices that Grace Poole showed no signs of guilt or remorse. She cannot imagine why a murderer is allowed to continue working at Thornfield. After a while Jane realizes that she is beginning to have feelings for Mr. Rochester and is disappointed that he is leaving for several days. He is to attend a party where he is to meet a beautiful lady.
17) Mr. Rochester has been gone for a week, Jane is dismayed to learn that he may choose to depart to continental Europe and may not be returning to Thornfield for more than a year(according to Mrs. Fairfax). However, a week later Mrs. Fairfax receives word that Mr. Rochester will arrive in a few days with guests. Jane is forced to join the group of guests when they arrived. Later that day, Jane leaves the party but Mr. Rochester stops her and they talk about the party and the guests. Jane is sad but as they part away from each other he says “Good-night, my-” as he bites his lip to prevent finishing his sentence.
18) Guests stay many days at the Thornfield manor. One woman seems to take a keen liking to Mr. Rochester, and so based on their interaction, Jane guesses that the two will soon be married. However, she is baffled by the fact that it seems the two are not in love – and that Blanche will only be marrying Mr. Rochester for his wealth.
19) Jane enters the library to have her fortune read by a gypsy woman, despite her critiques, Jane is incredibly impressed by the woman’s insight on Jane’s life. As she goes on with her fortune telling the woman’s voice begins turning distinctly masculine. Jane then realizes that the gypsy woman is no woman at all, instead she is Mr. Rochester in disguise! Jane chastises him for his trick. Mr. Rochester is notified that Mr. Mason has just arrived, he seems distressed.
20) Jane is startled awake by a shrieking cry during the night. She rushed out into the dark hallway, only to find Mr. Rochester and Mr. Mason in a flurry. Mr. Mason had been attacked by something (or someone) during the night and was frantically trying to address his wound. Meanwhile, Mr. Rochester hurriedly told everyone in the manor that all was sound and to go back to bed, for it had only been someone having a nightmare. Once all was hushed again throughout the house, Mr. Rochester calls for the doctor and sends Mason off into the night before anyone awakens. Nothing else is said about this incident, and Jane is told to say nothing about what she really saw.
21) Jane visits home finding out the John Reed has committed suicide. She sees her 2 cousins Eliza and Georgiana. Mrs. Reed suffered a stroke and is reaching death. Mrs. Reed later gives Jane a letter from her uncle, John Eyre wishing to adopt Jane from the Reed family. Jane still tries to forgive Mrs. Reed because she’s dying. She rejects Jane and dies later that night.
20) Jane is startled awake by a shrieking cry during the night. She rushed out into the dark hallway, only to find Mr. Rochester and Mr. Mason in a flurry. Mr. Mason had been attacked by something (or someone) during the night and was frantically trying to address his wound. Meanwhile, Mr. Rochester hurriedly told everyone in the manor that all was sound and to go back to bed, for it had only been someone having a nightmare. Once all was hushed again throughout the house, Mr. Rochester calls for the doctor and sends Mason off into the night before anyone awakens. Nothing else is said about this incident, and Jane is told to say nothing about what she really saw.
21) Jane visits home finding out the John Reed has committed suicide. She sees her 2 cousins Eliza and Georgiana. Mrs. Reed suffered a stroke and is reaching death. Mrs. Reed later gives Jane a letter from her uncle, John Eyre wishing to adopt Jane from the Reed family. Jane still tries to forgive Mrs. Reed because she’s dying. She rejects Jane and dies later that night.
22) Even though Mrs. Reed died, Jane stayed at the house for another month. Eliza joins a convent in France while Georgiana marries a wealthy man. When Jane goes back to Thorn field, she encounters Rochester and he wonders why she was gone so long. He then asks her if she has seen the new carriage which made Jane Eyre discover she had happiness towards Rochester.
23) Jane finds Rochester in the gardens where they start walking together. Rochester wants to make Jane Eyre jealous by talking about marrying Blache Ingram. Jane expresses her love for Rochester. Rochester accepts his proposal. A storm starts when they are outside. Later that night, the tree they were sitting under was struck my lightening.
24) Jane and Rochester’s wedding preparations start. Jane feels fearful when Rochester calls her by Jane Rochester. She has the feeling the wedding will not happen so she decides to write to her uncle, John Eyre hoping to feel more comfortable.
25) Jane is restless the night before the wedding so she decides to take a walk. Jane’s wedding dress came with a veil as a gift from Rochester. She has been having strange dreams about a baby. These dreams woke her up where she found a savage- looking woman in her closet ripping up her veil. Rochester tells Jane it was probably Grace Poole.
26) Jane starts to get ready for the wedding. When Jane and Rochester entered the church, there were two strangers joining them for the ceremony. One of the strangers Richard Mason, interrupts the wedding by telling Jane the wedding can’t go on because Rochester is already married to a women named Bertha. Rochester says he keeps her locked away under care of Mrs. Poole. Jane finds out Mason and her uncle know each other. John asked Mason to bring his niece to him.
23) Jane finds Rochester in the gardens where they start walking together. Rochester wants to make Jane Eyre jealous by talking about marrying Blache Ingram. Jane expresses her love for Rochester. Rochester accepts his proposal. A storm starts when they are outside. Later that night, the tree they were sitting under was struck my lightening.
24) Jane and Rochester’s wedding preparations start. Jane feels fearful when Rochester calls her by Jane Rochester. She has the feeling the wedding will not happen so she decides to write to her uncle, John Eyre hoping to feel more comfortable.
25) Jane is restless the night before the wedding so she decides to take a walk. Jane’s wedding dress came with a veil as a gift from Rochester. She has been having strange dreams about a baby. These dreams woke her up where she found a savage- looking woman in her closet ripping up her veil. Rochester tells Jane it was probably Grace Poole.
26) Jane starts to get ready for the wedding. When Jane and Rochester entered the church, there were two strangers joining them for the ceremony. One of the strangers Richard Mason, interrupts the wedding by telling Jane the wedding can’t go on because Rochester is already married to a women named Bertha. Rochester says he keeps her locked away under care of Mrs. Poole. Jane finds out Mason and her uncle know each other. John asked Mason to bring his niece to him.
27) Jane chooses to leave thorn field. When leaving she runs into Rochester. He suggests leaving thorn field to France to be married but she refuses. Rochester explains his life with Bertha telling Jane she is mentally insane. After this explanation, Jane decides she still needs to leave.
28) Jane sleeps in the carriage that night. The next day, she begged for food where no one would help her. Jane sees three servants: one named Hannah, Mary, and Diana. They were waiting for St. John their brother who invites Jane inside. She lies and says her name is Jane Elliot.
28) Jane sleeps in the carriage that night. The next day, she begged for food where no one would help her. Jane sees three servants: one named Hannah, Mary, and Diana. They were waiting for St. John their brother who invites Jane inside. She lies and says her name is Jane Elliot.
29) Jane wakes up in a bed but is only vaguely familiar with her surroundings. Thoughts come rushing back and she realizes that a small family had taken her in from outside where she was bound to visit sure death and were now nurturing her back to health. As she gets gradually better and is able to walk around the house and meet the family that has taken her in. She soon finds that there is a Servant, two women and a man. The man, John, seems to be the power source of the household. She spends this chapter curiously examining him and determining that it was going to be a task to earn his trust. The women of the house hold, Diana and her sister Mary, take a keen liking to her.
30) Jane makes a full recovery from her ordeal and is able to sit up all day and conversate with the sisters. She begins to enjoy spending time with the family, but all too soon the sisters begin to make plans to return to their "distant B-" home where they would continue as governesses. St.John finds Jane a situation as a Girls School teacher, and then he and Hannah depart to the parsonage and the grange is abandoned.
31) Jane is introduced to her new cottage and begins to settle in, awaiting the week coming where she will begin her situation as a Girls School Teacher. St.John visits her as well as Miss Oliver, where Jane begins to realize that St.John is fallen for Miss Oliver.
32) Jane begins to settle into the routine of teaching at the Girls School. St.John stops by her cottage once again and engrosses her in a conversation about Miss Oliver. St.John explains that while he is in love with Miss Oliver, he cannot possibly be wed to her as it would be an unsuitable fit and unfair to Miss Oliver. Just before St.John departs Jane's cottage, his eye catches on one of her paintings where he examines it with close curiosity, then leaves mysteriously without a word.
33) Jane is sitting contently in her quiet cottage when St.John reappears at her door once again, coming in through a stormy night blizzard. After little conversation, he tells Jane that her Uncle has passed away and has left her everything - all of it including 20,000 pounds. Once Jane hears this news, she is ecstatic but immediately decides to split the 20 thousand pounds between St.John, Mary, Diana and herself. She is left with 5 thousand pounds. With this new knowledge, she decides to tell St.John that she must plan to return to Thornfeild and to Mr. Rochester, and so St.John is to find a new teacher for the school.
31) Jane is introduced to her new cottage and begins to settle in, awaiting the week coming where she will begin her situation as a Girls School Teacher. St.John visits her as well as Miss Oliver, where Jane begins to realize that St.John is fallen for Miss Oliver.
32) Jane begins to settle into the routine of teaching at the Girls School. St.John stops by her cottage once again and engrosses her in a conversation about Miss Oliver. St.John explains that while he is in love with Miss Oliver, he cannot possibly be wed to her as it would be an unsuitable fit and unfair to Miss Oliver. Just before St.John departs Jane's cottage, his eye catches on one of her paintings where he examines it with close curiosity, then leaves mysteriously without a word.
33) Jane is sitting contently in her quiet cottage when St.John reappears at her door once again, coming in through a stormy night blizzard. After little conversation, he tells Jane that her Uncle has passed away and has left her everything - all of it including 20,000 pounds. Once Jane hears this news, she is ecstatic but immediately decides to split the 20 thousand pounds between St.John, Mary, Diana and herself. She is left with 5 thousand pounds. With this new knowledge, she decides to tell St.John that she must plan to return to Thornfeild and to Mr. Rochester, and so St.John is to find a new teacher for the school.
34) Jane closes down the school for the Christmas season and turns over the keys to St.John. She stays down at the Grange for a short while. Within that time, John takes up the time to speak to Jane about travelling with him to India -- to accompany him as his wife. Jane courtesy declines; not feeling like that relationship could ever be a benefit to either of them as she felt no emotional connection to him other than as a brother. St.John does not like this decision, but does not push her any farther.
35) St.John continues to converse as normal with Jane, but acts a little more stern and bull-headed towards her. He begins to try and intimidate her into marrying him but she continues to refuse despite his persuasion. The air between the two becomes tense and awkward.
36) Jane departs for Thornfeild. She arrives at Whitcross 36 hours later. She talks to some people around town and devastatingly finds out that Thornfeild was burnt to the ground around the same time she departed. It was said to had been started by Mr. Rochester’s lunatic wife, who committed suicide soon after. She makes plans to visit Thornfeild anyways.
37) Jane proceeds to Thornfeild the following morning and finds the ruins. As she is walking towards the house, Mrs. Fairfax bustles out to meet her and is very ecstatic about it. She is lead to Mr. Rochester, where she soon finds out that when the fire happened, Mr. Rochester attempted to save his wife and lost the sight of his eyes in return. Jane and Mr. Rochester reunite happily, Mr. Rochester nearly in tears as he grasps her hand firmly. Jane explains to him throughout the night of her journey after she left Thornfeild and Mr. Rochester listens intently.
38) Conclusion - Jane marries Mr. Rochester. After nearly two years of being married, Mr. Rochester regains most of his eyesight. The two continue to live on the rest of their lives together.
35) St.John continues to converse as normal with Jane, but acts a little more stern and bull-headed towards her. He begins to try and intimidate her into marrying him but she continues to refuse despite his persuasion. The air between the two becomes tense and awkward.
36) Jane departs for Thornfeild. She arrives at Whitcross 36 hours later. She talks to some people around town and devastatingly finds out that Thornfeild was burnt to the ground around the same time she departed. It was said to had been started by Mr. Rochester’s lunatic wife, who committed suicide soon after. She makes plans to visit Thornfeild anyways.
37) Jane proceeds to Thornfeild the following morning and finds the ruins. As she is walking towards the house, Mrs. Fairfax bustles out to meet her and is very ecstatic about it. She is lead to Mr. Rochester, where she soon finds out that when the fire happened, Mr. Rochester attempted to save his wife and lost the sight of his eyes in return. Jane and Mr. Rochester reunite happily, Mr. Rochester nearly in tears as he grasps her hand firmly. Jane explains to him throughout the night of her journey after she left Thornfeild and Mr. Rochester listens intently.
38) Conclusion - Jane marries Mr. Rochester. After nearly two years of being married, Mr. Rochester regains most of his eyesight. The two continue to live on the rest of their lives together.
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