https://padlet.com/acosta72/hzalcb0hwvna0se3 Group 1 - Jane and Rochester's developing relationship en-us 2021-03-30 13:47:40 UTC 2021-03-30 16:08:55 UTC hello@padlet.com jpettigr21 https://padlet.com/acosta72/hzalcb0hwvna0se3/wish/1368485311 After Mr. Rochester's accident on his horse, Jane goes over to aide him. She notices his physique and unusual looks. She notes her peculiar attraction to him and they exchange pleasantries and have short conversation. However, at this time, the two didn't realize their paths would cross again.

"Something of daylight still lingered, and the moon was waxing bright: I could see him plainly. His figure was enveloped in a riding cloak, fur collared and steel clasped; its details were not apparent, but I traced the general points of middle height and considerable breadth of chest. He had a dark face, with stern features and a heavy brow; his eyes and gathered eyebrows looked ireful and thwarted just now; he was past youth, but had not reached middle-age; perhaps he might be thirty-five. I felt no fear of him, and but little shyness. Had he been a handsome, heroic-looking young gentleman, I should not have dared to stand thus questioning him against his will, and offering my services unasked. I had hardly ever seen a handsome youth; never in my life spoken to one. I had a theoretical reverence and homage for beauty, elegance, gallantry, fascination; but had I met those qualities incarnate in masculine shape, I should have known instinctively that they neither had nor could have sympathy with anything in me, and should have shunned them as one would fire, lightning, or anything else that is bright but antipathetic." Ch. 12]]> 2021-03-30 15:34:57 UTC https://padlet.com/acosta72/hzalcb0hwvna0se3/wish/1368485311 wtan21 https://padlet.com/acosta72/hzalcb0hwvna0se3/wish/1368497989 (Ch. 16) 
“‘Whenever, in future, you should chance to fancy Mr. Rochester thinks well of you, take out these two pictures and compare them: say, “Mr. Rochester might probably win that noble lady’s love, if he chose to strive for it; is it likely he would waste a serious thought on this indigent and insignificant plebeian?”’” (171).

Paints two portraits. One of herself, which is plain, and one of Blanche Ingram, which is extravagant. The purpose of the two portraits is for comparison. Jane puts herself down and destroys her own confidence as a precaution to protect herself from the hurt and disappointment that she does not deserve Mr. Rochester. ]]> 2021-03-30 15:37:54 UTC https://padlet.com/acosta72/hzalcb0hwvna0se3/wish/1368497989 jye212 https://padlet.com/acosta72/hzalcb0hwvna0se3/wish/1368502108 (Ch 17)
"Most true is it that 'beauty is in the eye of the gazer.' My master’s colourless, olive face, square, massive brow, broad and jetty eyebrows, deep eyes, strong features, firm, grim mouth,—all energy, decision, will,—were not beautiful, according to rule; but they were more than beautiful to me; they were full of an interest, an influence that quite mastered me,—that took my feelings from my own power and fettered them in his. I had not intended to love him; the reader knows I had wrought hard to extirpate from my soul the germs of love there detected; and now, at the first renewed view of him, they spontaneously arrived, green and strong! He made me love him without looking at me" (185).

In this scene, Jane sees Mr. Rochester again for the first time after the fire incident. She observes his features and remarks that her love for him surprises her. Jane is still wary of letting her feelings be known, as she "had wrought hard to extirpate from [her] soul the germs of love," indicating that she is trying to be logical about the situation. Her comment that he made her love him "without looking" at her shows both her growing admiration for him and her own belief that she is unworthy of his attention.]]> 2021-03-30 15:38:52 UTC https://padlet.com/acosta72/hzalcb0hwvna0se3/wish/1368502108 https://padlet.com/acosta72/hzalcb0hwvna0se3/wish/1368505579 Christina 
Ch 16 
" I both wished and feared to see Mr. Rochester on the day which
followed this sleepless night: I wanted to hear his voice again,
yet feared to meet his eye. During the early part of the morning, I
momentarily expected his coming; he was not in the frequent habit of
entering the schoolroom, but he did step in for a few minutes
sometimes, and I had the impression that he was sure to visit it that day."  

Jane's anxious about seeing him again because their last interaction had given a hint of promise for something more. ]]> 2021-03-30 15:39:36 UTC https://padlet.com/acosta72/hzalcb0hwvna0se3/wish/1368505579 https://padlet.com/acosta72/hzalcb0hwvna0se3/wish/1368521574 Ch. 17
""Well to-night I excuse you; but underdstand that so long as my visitors stay, I expect you to appear in the drawing-room every evening; it is my wish; don't neglect it. Now go, and send Sophe for Adèle. Good-night my—" He stopped, bit his lip, and abruptly left me"

In this scene, Mr. Rochester noticed that Jane attempted to leave the drawing-room and followed her as well as questioned why she left early without talking to him. Jane, in an attempt to avoid remaining in the same room as him tells him that she is fine but tired. Mr Rochester replies with the above after failing to have her return to the drawing room. This scene is significant because the audience can infer that Mr. Rochester meant to finish his thought saying something to the equivalent of "my love". The hesitation in his body language (as seen by him biting his lips and abruptly leaving) suggests that he caught himself for professing his love for her accounting for the expectations of what is acceptable for his social status.]]> 2021-03-30 15:43:15 UTC https://padlet.com/acosta72/hzalcb0hwvna0se3/wish/1368521574 wtan21 https://padlet.com/acosta72/hzalcb0hwvna0se3/wish/1368544171 (Ch. 18)
"This was the point—this was where the nerve was touched and teased—this was where the fever was sustained and fed: she could not charm him" (198).

Jane realizes that beauty may lie beyond one's appearance. Although Blanche Ingram is a beautiful lady, she does not have a very beautiful heart. Mr. Rochester observes this and sees how rude Blanche is to Adèle and how much of a snob Blanche is. Despite her beauty and status, Mr. Rochester does not desire Blanche. Instead, Mr. Rochester desires Jane. Jane, despite her lack of beauty in terms of looks, has charmed Mr. Rochester.]]> 2021-03-30 15:48:27 UTC https://padlet.com/acosta72/hzalcb0hwvna0se3/wish/1368544171 jpettigr21 https://padlet.com/acosta72/hzalcb0hwvna0se3/wish/1368550915 Looking back and knowing that Mr. Rochester is this fortune teller, it seems clear that Mr. Rochester pays more mind to Jane than one might have originally thought. He describes Jane pretty spot on and highlights the fact that, although she is young, she is beyond her years, something both her face, her demeanor, and the way she carries herself exhibits in the most subtle of ways. Mr. Rochester also disguises himself as a fortune teller to gain insight into the way that Jane feels about him. He asks her more about her feelings than telling her actual fortune.

“As to the mouth, it delights at times in laughter; it is disposed to impart all that the brain conceives; though I daresay it would be silent on much the heart experiences. Mobile and flexible, it was never intended to be compressed in the eternal silence of solitude: it is a mouth which should speak much and smile often, and have human affection for its interlocutor. That feature too is propitious.” Ch. 19]]> 2021-03-30 15:50:02 UTC https://padlet.com/acosta72/hzalcb0hwvna0se3/wish/1368550915 jye212 https://padlet.com/acosta72/hzalcb0hwvna0se3/wish/1368568272 (Ch 20)
"'Is the wandering and sinful, but now rest-seeking and repentant, man justified in daring the world’s opinion, in order to attach to him for ever this gentle, gracious, genial stranger, thereby securing his own peace of mind and regeneration of life?'
...
'But the instrument—the instrument! God, who does the work, ordains the instrument. I have myself—I tell it you without parable—been a worldly, dissipated, restless man; and I believe I have found the instrument for my cure in—'" (234)

After the incident with Mr. Mason, Mr. Rochester and Jane go for a walk together. Mr. Rochester seems to be trying to gauge Jane's opinion of him while contemplating his own life. He is wants to tell Jane that he has found a new life/energy with her, but holds back from saying so.]]> 2021-03-30 15:54:09 UTC https://padlet.com/acosta72/hzalcb0hwvna0se3/wish/1368568272 https://padlet.com/acosta72/hzalcb0hwvna0se3/wish/1368572619 "He must love such a handsome, noble, witty, accomplished lady; and probably she loves him, or, if not his person, at least his purse. I know she considers the Rochester estate eligible to the last degree; though (God pardon me!) I told her something on that point about an hour ago which made her look wondrous grave: the corners of her mouth fell half an inch. I would advise her blackaviced suitor to look out: if another comes, with a longer or clearer rent-roll,—he’s dished—” After reading this chapter, you think back to what the "gypsy" was telling Jane and you can see that Mr. Rochester was telling Jane that he's aware that Miss Ingram is only after his money and if there were someone wealthier he'd lose Miss Ingram. He basically exposes to Jane that he had actually been very conscious of his and Jane's surrounding environment the entire time. While the audience was most likely thinking Mr. Rochester to be ignoring Jane for the most part at the party encaptivated by Miss Ingram he was actually watching Jane. They both were watching each other.]]> 2021-03-30 15:55:09 UTC https://padlet.com/acosta72/hzalcb0hwvna0se3/wish/1368572619