An implicated situation arises as Jane reveals that she is in love with Mr. Rochester, who surprisingly agrees to get married with Jane.  As this scene unfolds, a Gothic atmosphere develops as a large storm, which suspiciously shoots down a lightning bolt that splits a tree in the exact location that the newly engaged had previously sat.  The audience at this point must be laughing at the upcoming plot, as foreshadowing has undeniably set the stage for a horrific result of the upcoming wedding.  Yet another Gothic element of nightmares haunt Jane in the upcoming days to the marriage, which causes her to question her situation.

At the wedding many events occur, the most grand being the fact that Mr. Rochester’s actual wife, Bertha is an imprisoned madwoman that is locked away in the attic.  Enough said. 

For a moment, myself and my fellow reader’s, were awaiting each and every moment that seemed to end in doom, as Gothic elements hinted at the shortcomings of Jane’s life at Thornfield.  However, we can breathe easy again, to know that there is more to Jane’s story, then a sullen downfall into a love-spiraling death pit.

Chapters 28-33 represent a fourth stage in our protagonist’s life - one which freshens Jane’s outlook on her faith, along with a new subset of character’s: Hannah, Diana, Marry, St. John, and Rosamond in the regenerative setting of Marsh-End and Morton.  Jane’s new friends, and later as we find out, long lost family - allow Miss Eyre to find relationships that do not pose uncertainties and a job that emphasizes Jane’s intelligence.  

Bronte must think her audience are simpletons for us not to catch on to St. John’s inclination of his family’s relation to Miss Eyre.  The chapter beforehand we witnessed a suspicious St. John ripping a piece of paper off from Jane’s papers.  Who knew it would lead to this rekindled moment - JANE HAS FOUND KIND AND LOVING RELATIVE’S, an inspiring occasion that has been long overdue in Jane’s timeline.  Jane can now affirm these relations alongside herself until the end of her days because ‘family is for life’, as some say.  All till this moment, Jane had left every person behind in her life, a measure that has been taken to become independent, which no longer poses a problem.  She can be with people who care for her and applaud her achievements when the time is due. Splitting John Eyre’s inheritance for Jane among her new family members is the first step to an uplifting future for Miss Eyre.

As seen, Bronte has concluded Jane’s story in a ‘happily-ever-after’ climax, such that she finds herself content in a bonding marriage that does not suppress her interdependence and femininity that she has portrayed throughout the plot.  Myself and the audience can unquestionably agree that Jane’s final decision is one that makes the most sense to her goals in life, and that her struggle to find bonds with people in her life can finally be behind her.

The ending of the novel was quite simple to my taste as I would have preferred a devastating end - a bloodbath perhaps... reading Othello has certainly gotten to me.  I do give credit to the scene where Rochester’s house blazed into a devastating end to his insane wife- I certainly smiled when reading that.  Otherwise, Bronte concluded her novel in an investing and proper manner, checking off the boxes on her list of several thematic messages that she had developed so carefully throughout the story.  I enjoyed the simplistic end and I am sure the collectives of my peers can say the same.