Even though we are barely halfway through reading Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, I have seen a great deal of mystery in this story, and with mystery along comes suspicion. There are many examples of mystery in Jane Eyre, one is when Mr. Rochester went upstairs to speak with Grace Poole after his bed caught aflame. Mr Rochester comes down afterwards and does not punish Grace Poole in any way, this leads Jane to suspect something.
"...so much was I occupied in puzzling my brains over the enigmatical character of grace Poole, and still more in the pondering of her position at Thornfield and questioning why she had not been given into custody that morning, or, at the very least, dismissed from her master's service. He had almost as much declared his conviction of her criminality last night: what mysterious cause withheld him from accusing her?" -Chapter 16
Another, more apparent, mystery is the relationship between Jane and Mr. Rochester. These two human beings of a great age seperation are, most likely, both racking their brains over confusing and unanswered questions such as, "Does she have special feelings for me?" , or, "What if I admit my feelings to him and I just embarrass myself?" Many more questions were mentioned in Eliza Yra's post "Take the Risk". These mysteries are only two of the many in the wonderful scriptures of Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte.
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