Chapter 28 – Ends up with Rivers family

Question 1

Jane is stuck at ‘Whitcross’ which is ironically a cross-road.

• ‘I have no relative but the universal mother: Nature.’
• ‘outcast as I was.’

Answer 1

This links Jane to Bertha and the idea that the latter is her antithesis

Question 2

appeased by this hermit’s meal

Answer 2

Crossroads for Jane because she is currently stuck between classes. This chapter is the mid-point of her change and she must decide which way to go

Question 3

I thank God

Answer 3

Jane falls on God at this point in the novel; Bronte was a clergyman’s daughter