How Does Bronte Create Tension In Chapter 23 Of Jane Eyre

Oprah Winfrey says, “Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.” Charlotte Bronte published Jane Eyre in 1847. Like Jane, Bronte had also been a governess, and she had lived in a house with a padded second-floor room reserved for the resident insane woman. Like Jane, Ms. Bronte also taught. However, she taught English to a moody, handsome, married man who inspired her to write about Mr. Rochester. In chapter 23,

Charlotte Bronte uses nature to illustrate the relationship between Mr. Rochester and Jane Eyre, when they meet in the garden at Thornfield. addressing the passionate confusion that Jane experiences. Nature appears to mimic their feelings, and Bronte uses imagery, simile and foreshadowing to represent

This is significant because it illustrates upcoming events. When Jane enters the garden at Thornfield, she sees “Skies pure...sun radiant...the trees were in their dark prime...contrasted well with the sunny hue." On page 290, after this introduction to the atmosphere of the day, readers discover that Jane and Mr. Rochester will be getting married. The weather sets the stage for the perfect proposal. Later on in the chapter, the reader sees the weather change drastically. “Loud wind blew... thunder crashed...fierce and frequent as the lightning gleamed." By page 300, these extreme weather changes add to the gothic nature of the book and mirror that in the future what seems to be a bright sunny glorious day or even an event (marriage), may end in a hurricane. Nature, in chapter

23, acts as if it knows the future. Bronte uses the image of weather to draw the reader’s attention to the conflict of what's going to happen between the two lovers.

Bronte uses similes to underscore the emotions Rochester touches off inside Jane. Jane perceives something when she is within the sight of Mr. Rochester. It reveals a feeling of worship and solace inside her. “A band of Italian days had come from the South, like a flock