Jane's curiosity.
prompts her to ask of Mrs Fairfax the origin of the laugh. Mrs.
Fairfax's vague answer does not satisfy Jane, even less so after.
hearing the laugh once more, it being "tragic, as preternatural a.
laugh as any I ever heard" (chapter 11, page 123). That another.
inquisitive remark made by Jane is again answered vaguely after.
which the subject of the conversation is soon changed only adds to.
the suspense of the incident. Following the fire in Rochester's.
bedroom, Jane observes Grace Poole the next day in the room. The.
circumstances in which this occurs are largely ordinary. It is.
morning and Grace is dressed in her usual attire, her expression.
showing "nothing either of the paleness or desperation one would.
have expected to see marking the countenance of a woman who had.
attempted murder" (chapter 16, page 176). The extreme ordinarity.
of her provokes the reader into thinking past her exterior.
appearance whilst simultaneously adding to the suspense of the.
situation. Bronte again uses the outwardly evident normalcy of.
Grace Poole in contrast to the earlier mysterious descriptions of.
her to further develop the suspense surrounding her character as.
Jane recounts to Rochester her dream of the unknown figure in her.
closet who tears her wedding veil. Jane's fear is momentarily.
subsided by Rochester's "solving of the mystery" (chapter 25, page.
319) in a way which does not nearly satisfy the reader's curiosity.
due to Jane's vivid description of the event and her horrifying.
fear. Bronte uses Grace Poole to create an atmosphere of mystery.
and suspense through vivid descriptions of the ghostly atmosphere.
which emanates whenever she is present as well as a contrasting.
ordinarity which further compels the reader to see Grace Poole in.
light of a an "enigmatic character" (chapter 16, page 178).
The use of a fortune teller at Thornfield by Bronte allows her to.
add mystery and suspense through the mystic and strange nature of.
