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Situational Irony
Chapter 27
Explanation and Analysis—Meta-Reflective:
The novel's overall style is meta-reflective: the narrator is an older version of the protagonist who not only recounts her coming-of-age story, but also analyzes it for the reader. One example of the narrator's trademark self-reflective asides to the reader occurs in Chapter 27, when Mr. Rochester expresses regret for having hurt Jane by concealing his marriage to Bertha:
Reader, I forgave him at the moment and on the spot. There was such deep remorse in his eye, such true pity in his tone, such manly energy in his manner: and besides, there was such unchanged love in his whole look and mien – I forgave him all: yet not in words, not outwardly; only at my heart’s core.
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Chapter 28
Explanation and Analysis—Meta-Reflective:
The novel's overall style is meta-reflective: the narrator is an older version of the protagonist who not only recounts her coming-of-age story, but also analyzes it for the reader. One example of the narrator's trademark self-reflective asides to the reader occurs in Chapter 27, when Mr. Rochester expresses regret for having hurt Jane by concealing his marriage to Bertha:
Unlock with LitCharts A+Reader, I forgave him at the moment and on the spot. There was such deep remorse in his eye, such true pity in his tone, such manly energy in his manner: and besides, there was such unchanged love in his whole look and mien – I forgave him all: yet not in words, not outwardly; only at my heart’s core.
Related Themes:
