Grace Poole: a woman of many mysteries. Grace apparently injures Mr. Mason, a seemingly fair man, in the twentieth chapter. The doctor remarks that " 'there have been teeth here!' " while Mr. Mason cries that she claimed she would " 'drain my heart.' " She might be a vampire, as was discussed in class, but my personal belief is that she is really a rabid Orc in disguise out for vengeance. Mason probably smelt of unmaggoty flesh; therefore, Grace had great yearning for fresh meat. She was probably tired of receiving stale bread for her lack of work. It is just like an Orc to burn humans that are tiresome and unhelpful.
This would cause Jane to be quite fearful: Mr. Rochester believes she is an elf (evidence on pages 277 and 280), and as everyone knows, Orcs were once Elves. In her quest for revenge, Grace will probably come after Jane and try to slaughter her.
Mrs. Poole always has a sort of eerie countenance, her eyes cold and her expression unreadable. Her frightening laughs late at night startles Jane with its volume in the fifteenth chapter; one chapter later she mentions that Jane's bolting her door " 'will be a wise thing to do' " on page 164. My speculations on that are as following: Mrs. Poole knows of a ring of lesser goblins that hang about--" 'any mischief that may be about,' " as she puts it--that would threaten to steal her vengeance should Jane leave her door unlocked.
Clearly, Mrs. Poole wants to eat Jane alive. Mark my words, there will be bloodshed and wizardy before the story ends.
hahaa, Mary this is very intresting blog.
ReplyDeleteTo tell you the truth I didn't know what an orc was, so I defaintly learned something new. Also, the use of pictures was a great touch. They really added to your blog entry.
The idea of an orc was also an intresting outside connection, because I'm assuming everyone's first thought was a vampire, as was mine, but you never know.