seems to me that one reason c. bronte is thought to be one of the early architects of the modern novel as a form must be recognized in the early chapters: her mastery of setting, mood, tone. who can read the early paragraphs without shivering, thus "the words in these introductory pages connected themselves with the succeeding vignettes". and the way she divides the ship, fiend, and "black, horned thing" into their own one-sentence paragraphs. S-S-S-SPOOKY! and on, and on...another thing i noticed on this reading is the way she highlights jane's vulnerability: "i was taken from bessie's neck, to which i clung with kisses. 'be sure and take good care of her' cried she to the guard, as he lifted me into the inside...[and later]here i walked about for a long time, feeling very strange, and mortally apprehensive of someone coming in and kidnapping me; for i believed in kidnappers...at last the guard returned: once more i was stowed away in the coach, my protector mounted his own seat ...and away we rattled...". these 2 descriptions following so closely in ch. 5 really reinforce her near helplessness.
