By Christine Stewart, Catherine Tepper,

Olivia Vida

JANE EYRECHAPS. 28-33

Jane Eyre (Jane Elliot)St. John Rivers (pronounced “Sinjin”)HannahDiana RiversMary RiversLady Rosamond Oliver

CHARACTERS

Jane is still running from Rochester – beautiful weather on the moorsShe runs out of money and is forced to sleep outsideSpends the night in prayerLooks for work and food in the morning

The only person who helps her is a farmer who gives her a slice of bread

After a day of wandering, she sees a light in the distance

CHAPTER 28

She follows it to a houseShe looks in the window and sees two women and their servant She listens to their conversation and finds their names are Diana, Mary, and Hannah respectivelyThey are waiting for someone named St. JohnShe knocks on the door but Hannah doesn’t let her inSt. John finds her and brings her inThey give her food and shelter and she gives them the false name Jane Elliot

CHAPTER 28

She spends 3 days recuperating with the Rivers siblingsOn the fourth day, she finds Hannah and tells her off for not letting her in when she was weakHannah apologizes and tells the story of the departed Mr. RiversMost of the family fortune was lost to a bad business dealDiana and Mary are forced to work as governessesJane tells only Hannah the truth about her nameSt. John offers to find Jane a job

CHAPTER 29

Diana and Mary admire Jane’s drawings and give her books to read St. John remains distant and cold, although he is never unkindAfter a month, Diana and Mary return to their posts as governessesSt. John found a job for Jane, running a charity school for girls in the town of MortonJane accepts, but St. John presumes that she will soon leave the school out of boredom

CHAPTER 30

His sisters suspect he will leave England for a missionary post overseas The Rivers’ Uncle John has died and left them nothingAll his money went to another, unknown, relativeUncle John was the one who led Mr. Rivers into his disastrous business deal

CHAPTER 30

Beautiful, wealthy heiress Rosamond Oliver provides Jane with a cottage to live inJane begins teaching, but finds the work degrading and disappointingSt. John reveals to Jane that he used to feel that he had made the wrong career choice, until he heard God’s callNow he plans to become a missionaryRosamond Oliver appears, interrupting St. John and Jane’s conversationJane believes that Rosamond and St. John are in love

CHAPTER 31

Jane and her students are getting along and she is popularShe still has strange nightmares involving RochesterShe is basically missing him and his affectionDuring the day, she continues to follow the relationship between St. John and RosamondRosamond asks Jane to draw a portrait of herSt. John visits her while she is drawing and gives her a poetry bookHe looks at the drawing

CHAPTER 32

Jane offers to draw him a duplicate and tells him he should marry RosamondSt. John admits he likes the heiress but she is too shallow and tempting to be a missionary’s wifeSuddenly, he tears off a piece of her drawing and stares at itHe has a strange expression on his face and then leavesJane is perturbed by his actions

CHAPTER 32

It’s snowing - Jane is reading the poetry book and St. John appearsHe recounts her life story assuming she is Jane EyreIt’s clear he suspects her to be Jane Eyre, but she doesn’t immediately reveal herselfHe explains he received a letter from Mr. Briggs saying it is important that she is foundShe is only interested in news of Mr. RochesterHe tells her Rochester’s health has nothing to do with the letter

CHAPTER 33

Jane Eyre must be found because her Uncle John left her a fortune of 20,000 poundsJane reveals herself to be Jane Eyre and asks how St. John knewHe shows her the scrap of paper he tore from her drawing and it has her signature on itHe explains they are cousins and Jane is happy to have found family membersShe divides her wealth evenly among the four of them

CHAPTER 33

Love/loss of love – Jane dreams of the life she could have had with Rochester & Rosamond’s and St. John’s relationshipReligious devotion – Jane prays and St. John is a missionaryGothic elements – Jane’s dreams involve stormsSocial class – Diana and Mary are governesses like Jane, making her feel as though she belongs

THEMES