tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395948500312534280.post3475847414711967865..comments2024-02-25T01:48:45.848-07:00Comments on Mr. Center's Wall: Jane Eyre XXIV -- chapter 24: A PLANE JANEJoseph Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00090686611405364311noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395948500312534280.post-43735137652191170822011-01-20T15:55:43.662-07:002011-01-20T15:55:43.662-07:00I read "Hop-Frog" today. I believe that...I read "Hop-Frog" today. I believe that we actually read it in your class now that I took a 2nd look at it. I just didn't connect it at first because I was expecting a frog based on the title. What Jane says is actually the opposite of what happens there, though, although it may actually be closer to the measure of the man. That is just a really horrible (in content) story, although I suppose most of Poe's are.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708022607046379611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395948500312534280.post-24602227991932468142011-01-19T19:49:42.289-07:002011-01-19T19:49:42.289-07:003. I think she manages to get the upper hand here;...3. I think she manages to get the upper hand here; I wonder how/if that will change as she likely expects.<br />4. Or something. Angie says we'll be finding out VERY soon.<br />5. Those shocking falls worry me. I like Rochester.<br /><br />I really enjoyed this chapter. Maybe it was the relative peace and quiet in which I was able to read it, but, honestly, this has been the chapter that has really, finally drawn me in. I eager--for the first time, actually/sadly--to read the next chapter tomorrow.Joseph Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00090686611405364311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395948500312534280.post-81602536443517488262011-01-19T15:45:21.511-07:002011-01-19T15:45:21.511-07:001. This is one that I haven't read, so maybe t...1. This is one that I haven't read, so maybe tonight I'll take a look at it.<br />2. Mr. Rochester still doesn't truly view Jane as his equal. He paternalistically thinks that he can MAKE her his equal through his extravagant charity. Jane accepts that she's not his equal in rank, but she is not bothered by this because she thinks that he is his equal in more important ways.<br />3. I think that she knows that there's no way that she can possibly meet his ridiculously high expectations. It's turning into a bit of an Aron-Abra situation. <br />4. I am starting to think that Rochester had some relationship with Grace Poole. We know that they are about the same age, and we know that there are veiled areas that he does not want to discuss. This question he doesn't really answer, and then there's the moment where he's terrified that she's going to ask a certain question. He's clearly hiding something, and we know that something is up with Grace. I just keep expecting some hidden tragic love-story at the bottom of this. <br />5. Well they're both very strong characters obviously who have shocking falls. Maybe Jane sees herself as that apparent conqueror (to use Rochester's word), who will at some point come crashing down. I really don't know, though.<br />6. I think that it goes back to my answer in #2. <br />7. I think that she is, but I keep getting the feeling that Rochester is more of the devil than Adam, based upon some of the words that Bronte has used around him and some of the images that she has conjured up. I think that the line that use in question 15 really suggests this again. <br />10. Yes, I think so, and there's a lot of disbelief within me still. <br />12. Yes, but Rochester is hoping not.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708022607046379611noreply@blogger.com