The author of Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte, uses mystery and romance to keep the audience engaged.
Mystery is an important engaging technique in this novel. Jane has several experiences that make the audience suspicious about what goes on with Grace Poole and the third floor. It isn't until Jane's wedding day that we find out there is an insane woman living there and Grace Poole takes care of her (Bronte 354). Bronte makes the reader believe the strange events at Thornfield are caused by Miss Poole for most of the book. For example, when Jane saves Mr. Rochester from his bed that was set on fire (Bronte 170) she suspects that Grace Poole was the culprit, but she later discovers the truth that Mr. Rochester's insane wife Bertha Mason attempted to kill him.
The romance between Jane and Mr.Rochester is also used as an engaging technique. It is suspenseful because the audience isn't sure if they will end up together since there are so many obstacles in the way of their marriage. For example, Jane says "though rank and wealth sever us widely, I have something in my brain and heart, in my blood and nerves, that assimilates me mentally to him," (Bronte 230) showing that although according to society they shouldn't be together, she believes they are the same and therefore belong together.
Brontë, Charlotte, Susan Ostrov. Weisser, and George Stade. Jane Eyre. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2003. Electronic.
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