Chapter 31 – Rosamond and St John

Question 1

God directed me to the right choice.

Answer 1

Links to historical/religious content and belief that the right choice is family and equality

Question 2

The birds were singing their last strains

Answer 2

Again, motif. This suggests that independence and freedom is being lost

Question 3

the power to make our own fate

Answer 3

This link with Bronte’s message that nobody is bound by gender, status etc.

Question 4

• I saw his solemn eye melt with fire. (Jane about St John)

- ‘She held out her hand. He just touched it

Answer 4

Unlike Jane and Rochester, this love is confined rather than forbidden