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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

The chapter summarizes Jane's return to Gateshead Hall after learning of her cousin John Reed's suicide and her aunt Mrs. Reed's poor health. Upon arriving, Jane finds the house in disrepair and her cousins Eliza and Georgiana changed. She speaks briefly with the ailing Mrs. Reed, who later confesses to lying about Jane's uncle's inquiries into her well-being years ago in an attempt to prevent Jane from inheriting his fortune. Mrs. Reed then passes away, leaving Jane with questions about her past.

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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

The chapter summarizes Jane's return to Gateshead Hall after learning of her cousin John Reed's suicide and her aunt Mrs. Reed's poor health. Upon arriving, Jane finds the house in disrepair and her cousins Eliza and Georgiana changed. She speaks briefly with the ailing Mrs. Reed, who later confesses to lying about Jane's uncle's inquiries into her well-being years ago in an attempt to prevent Jane from inheriting his fortune. Mrs. Reed then passes away, leaving Jane with questions about her past.

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Jane Eyre

By
Charlotte Bronte
Chapter - 21
INDEX

 Introduction
 Important Characters
 Place
 Summary and Analysis
 Conclusion
Introduction
The twenty first (21) chapter opens with
that Jane has heard that it is a bad omen to
dream of children, and now she has dreams
on seven consecutive nights involving babies.
She learns that her cousin John Reed has
committed suicide, and that her aunt Mrs.
Reed, has suffered by a stroke and is nearly
death…….
Important Characters
 Jane Eyre – The protagonist and narrator of the
novel.
 John Reed – John Reed is Jane’s cousin. Mrs. Reed’s
son and brother to Eliza and Georgiana. John
commits suicide midway through the novel when
his mother ceases to pay his debts to him.
 Mr. Edward Rochester – Jane’s employer and the
master of Thorn-field.
 Eliza Reed – She is Jane’s cousin and one of the Mrs.
Reed’s two daughters. She goes to convent in
France.
Where she becomes the mother superior.
 Georgiana Reed – Georgiana Reed is Jane’s
cousin and one of Mrs. Reed’s two daughters.
The beautiful Georgiana treats Jane cruelly
when they are children.
 Mrs. Reed – Mrs. Reed is Jane’s cruel aunt, who
raises her at Gates-head Hall until Jane is send
away to school at age 10.
 Mr. John Eyre – Mr. John Eyre is Jane’s uncle
who leaves her his vast fortune of 20,000
pounds.
Place
 Gates-head – where Jane is going to meet her
ill aunt.
 Thorn-field – where Jane meet Mr. Rochester
and falls in love with him.
 Lo-wood – where Jane’s aunt said to Mr. John
Eyre that she send Jane Eyre to Lo-wood and
she died.
Summary and Analysis
 Jane is having constant dreams of an infant and
from the stories she has heard about the
meaning of a child in a dream,
 She is worried that it might bring her some bad
news.
 Her dreads soon become a reality when she
learns that her cousin John committed suicide.
 While sadness and pain for a lost son sent Mrs.
Reed into some sort of shock from which she
cannot recover.
 Jane decided to go to Gates-head and asks Mr.
Edward Rochester for a permission.
 Mr. Edward Rochester asked Jane,
“When do you wish to go?”
 Jane answer that,
“Early to-morrow morning, sir”
 Rochester allows her to go, giving her only little
money, to make sure that she comes back soon.
 In Gates-head, Jane notices that many things
have changed since she left.
 The house lacks furniture and it is not as
luxurious as before.
 Also, her cousins, Eliza and Georgiana, both quiet
and in a bad mood, are almost unrecognizable in
comparison with Jane’s memory of them as children.
 Their hostility is still present , but lulled with Mrs.
Reed’s wish to see Jane.
 While approaching Mrs. Reed’s bed and seeing her
for the first time after so many years,
 Jane addresses her with “ dear aunt “, although she
vowed long time ago never to call her an aunt
again.
 Mrs. Reed reflects on Jane’s childhood and hatred
she felt since the moment she first saw her as a
baby.
 But sudden thoughts of her deceased son,
John, leads her into psychosis, interrupting a
conversation.
 Several days passes until Jane gets another
opportunity to talk to her aunt.
 Meanwhile, she tries to entertain herself by
drawing and reading books, but Eliza and
Georgiana in the same room, the atmosphere is
somewhat tensed and culminates with a fight,
when they vow never to talk to each other
again after mother’s death.
 Before Mrs. Reed’s death, she manages to take
the burden off her shoulders by unraveling the
secret she has kept for many years.
 She hands Jane a letter long time ago, signed
by Mr. John Eyre, asking about little Jane,
hoping to find her with him to Madeira.
 She then admits to have answered the letter by
informing Mr. Eyre that Jane died of typhus in
lo-wood, hoping to prevent Jane from having a
better life.
 Although, surprised by her deed, Jane forgives
her and Mrs. Reed dies peacefully.
Conclusion

Reed gives Jane a letter from her uncle,


John Eyre. Written three years earlier, the
letter reveal that the wishes to adopt Jane and
leave her his fortune. Mrs. Reed dies
peacefully…….
Thank you my dear crazy friends
&
Thank you ma’am for giving this
great opportunity
Presented By,
Jasmine Serina. P,
II BA English (Aided),
190345.

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