Jane Eyre Blog #10

In chapters sixteen through twenty-six there is conflict. The conflict is external because it is between two people: Mr. Rochester and Jane. Mr. Rochester has asked Jane to marry him and Jane says yes, but when they arrive at the church to get married, something happens. The priest gets to the part where people can object to Jane and Mr. Rochester marrying and someone does: Mr. Briggs. He says, "I affirm and can prove that on the 20th of October, A.D-Edward Fairfax Rochester, of Thornfield Hall, in the country of-, and of Ferndean Manor, in
-shire, England, was married to my sister, Bertha Antoinetta Mason, daughter of Jonas Mason, merchant, and of Antionetta his wife, a Creole-at-church, Spanish Town, Jamaica. The record of the marriage will be found in the register of that church-a copy of it is now in my possession. Signed, Richard Mason," (pg:338 p:14). Mr. Rochester legally had another wife. Mr. Rochester tells the priest, as well as those who are in the church that, yes, he is still legally married to Bertha, but she was crazy. He claimed that Bertha tricked him into marriage before he realized she was certifiably insane. Mr. Rochester invites everyone to go see what Bertha is like. Back at Thornfield they see Bertha crawling around on her hands and knees and growling like an animal. After everyone sees, Mr. Rochester makes everyone leave. Jane goes up to her room and thinks. She doesn't trust Mr. Rochester anymore, and even though she loves him still, she knows she has to leave.