ForeshadowingYonathan Andu

Shraddha SinghSolomon Connor

Identify for each passage in the group A: the speaker B: occasion C:explain what the passages have in common in regard to the subject in Jane Eyre – what is the theme?

Question #1

What is Foreshadowing? Foreshadowing is the technique of

arranging events and information in a narrative in such a way that later events are prepared for or shadowed forth beforehand.

Question #2

Why is it used? It is used to build suspense and

prepare the reader's subconscious for the conflict

Quote 1

“Before I left my bed in the morning little Adele came running to tell me that the great horse chestnut at the bottom of the orchard had been struck by lighting in the night, and half of it split away.”

Speaker 1

In this quote Jane Eyre is narrating the events of that morning. She is describing what Adele told her about last night’s storm.

Occasion 1

Rochester proposes to Jane under the walnut tree. A storm rolls in after the proposal and during the night, lightning strikes the tree, splitting it in two.

Similarities & Theme 1

The lightning splitting the tree foshadows what was to come at Jane’s wedding when Mason reveals that Rochester was currently married to a mad woman. This prevents the wedding from taking place and ultimately causes the two to go their separate ways. The theme in this section of the Jane Eyre was about Jane’s decision between independence and love. This quote is similar to the others in that it shows the evolution of Jane’s feelings towards Rochester.

Question #3

What do the lightning and the tree represent?

The lightning represents Bertha or the knowledge of Bertha’s existence and the tree represents Rochester and Jane’s relationship.

Quote 2

“The cards of address alone remained to nail on: they lay, four little squares, on the drawer. Mr. Rochester had himself written the direction… I could not persuade myself to affix them, or have them affixed. Mrs. Rochester! She did not exist; she would not be born till to-morrow, some time after eight o’clock A.M. …” (Vol. II 275)

Speaker & Occasion 2

In this quote Jane is thinking back on the month that she spent courting Mr. Rochester and how quickly her wedding, which was the next day, approached. She found it hard to even think about herself being called Mrs. Rochester, saying Mrs. Rochester “…did not exist; she would not be born till to-morrow, some time after eight o’clock A.M. …”

Similarities & Theme 2

This passage represents foreshadowing because a Mrs. Rochester already does exist. Internal conflict seems to be one of the themes of this passage as Jane feels pressured by the name of Mrs. Rochester.

Question #4

Despite Jane not knowing it at the time the passage also represents __Verbal___ irony.

Quote 3

Jane! Jane! Jane!” Did you speak these words aloud? I did… If any listener had heard me, he would have thought me mad; I pronounced them with frantic energy.” (Vol.lll 447)

Speaker 3

The first speaker was Mr. Rochester who Jane thought was calling out to her, and the second speaker was Jane who was questioning the her own sanity for hearing Rochester's voice

Occasion 3

This scene occurred when Jane was in the Moor house. She heard Rochester’s voice calling out to her, not knowing that Rochester was really in distress.

Similarities & Theme 3

All the passages express how Jane’s feelings toward Rochester. Signs such as the tree Jane and Rochester confessed their love under being destroyed, symbolized that Jane should not be with Rochester. As time passes and Jane concludes to leave Rochester, she began to her his voice calling out to her; thus showing that the signs Jane notice could have been false, and she really could be with Rochester.

Question #5

What was Jane's initial reaction upon hearing Mr. Rochester's voice?

When she heard his voice call out to her Jane thought she was going mad but she suspected that he might be in danger.

Citation

• Unknown. "Foreshadowing & Examples of Foreshadowing in Literature." Foreshadowing. N.p., 2013. Web. 19 Nov. 2013.

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