Jane Eyre: Chapter 24
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Chapter questions
- Question 1 · Recall
Where do Rochester, Jane and Adèle go in the carriage?
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To Millcote, where Rochester takes Jane to a silk warehouse and other shops to buy things for her.Reference: Chapter 24, the drive to Millcote
- Question 2 · Recall
How long does Rochester say it will be before the wedding?
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Four weeks. He says that in four weeks she will be Jane Rochester.Reference: Chapter 24, the morning after the proposal
- Question 3 · Recall
What does Jane remember on the drive that gives her hope of money of her own?
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She remembers her uncle John Eyre, who intends to adopt her, and sees a chance of having money of her own.Reference: Chapter 24, the drive
- Question 4 · Why
Why is Jane unhappy about Rochester buying her so many dresses?
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Leaving the warehouse and the jeweller's, she says the more he bought her, the more her cheek burned with annoyance and degradation. She thinks she can never bear being dressed like a doll by Mr. Rochester. She threatens to wear her old lilac gingham to the wedding.Reference: Chapter 24, the shops at Millcote
- Question 5 · Why
Why does Jane say she could not see God in those days?
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She had made Rochester an idol. He came between her and her religion the way an eclipse comes between a person and the sun.Reference: Chapter 24, the closing paragraph
Chapter summary
On the morning after Rochester asks her to marry him, Jane wakes, wonders if it was real and dresses in plain summer clothes. Mrs. Fairfax is quiet. Rochester sends Adèle away and tells Jane they will be married in four weeks. Jane refuses the jewels he talks of and asks him to speak to Mrs. Fairfax, who is shocked and doubtful when she hears the news.
That day Rochester takes Jane and Adèle in a carriage to Millcote. In a silk warehouse he makes Jane choose dresses, and she asks for quiet colors. As they leave the shops she feels annoyed and degraded. She thinks of her uncle John Eyre, who might leave her money, and in the carriage she threatens to wear her old gingham to the wedding. She tells Rochester she will keep teaching Adèle for her usual pay. In the evening she asks him to sing. For the rest of the month she keeps him teased and cross, and he calls her names such as a provoking puppet. The chapter ends with Jane admitting that he has become her whole world.
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