In chapter 18 of the novel Jane Eyre, Jane attends an engagement party for the bride and groom Edward Rochester and Blanche Ingram. She believes their arrangement is too reckless and completely inappropriate. Jane has come to her own conclusion that two people only marry because Mr. Rochester is in love with Blanche's beauty and she with her wealth. Despite her feelings about their engagement, she stays alone and goes to the party. Before she can blend into the crowd, she becomes a topic of discussion among the guests. During the party, Jane is half-hidden by the window curtains, a place almost unknown to her. This takes the reader back to the beginning of the novel where Jane hides in the house library, wraps herself in the curtain with the Book of Birds and dreams of freedom. Now that she thinks she's finally found it, she's brought back to the same position. When she returns to the party, she must once again escape the crosshairs of Blanche and her mother. They treat her like she's inferior to them and Jane is basically there for "help". Mr. Rochester never comes to her rescue and only compounds her pain when she has to watch the two play charades together, causing her to run away. It seems that the only person at the party who cares about Jane is the gypsy girl who tells her about the guest's fortune. She essentially plays a role in pushing Jane to achieve her goal in her love for Edward, who is dark and mysterious. The only one who leaves the room disappointed is Blanche, but no one seems to know why. When Jane enters, contrary to what she believes, Jane is attracted by the gypsy's voice. She is told that she is close to happiness and that she must not give up because all she had to do was...... middle of paper ......r - these are the sounds of the abyss! I have the right to declare myself if I can. »(Page 327). He exclaimed that if anyone else heard his story, it would be "a kind of harmful and insulting tribute." The introduction of Bertha Mason in the novel had a central importance in the course of events. With Mr. Briggs' discovery of Mr. Rochester's secret marriage, he shed light on the situation and at the same time gave Jane more information about her so-called fiancé. was not just Bertha, but the non-existent marriage that would not take place as long as Bertha was alive. Even though Mr. Rochester was tricked - from time to time - into marrying "the maniac", he still had taken a woman as his wife and. without divorcing her, he simply left her alone in his attic where he fell in love with Jane and decided to marry her - well, almost marry her.