The charades game that Mr. Rochester plays with his guests, while Jane watches from the sidelines, doubles as a small bit of symbolism and a small bit of foreshadowing for the big plot twist:
If Rochester marries Blanche ("Bride"), he will load her up with expensive gifts from his fortune, which she's hoping for and expecting ("Well"), but he will consider himself imprisoned and miserable ("Bridewell").
Rochester is already married ("Bride") to a once-alluring, beautiful princess ("Well"), but both he and Bertha are now miserable and imprisoned ("Bridewell").
Rochester wants to propose to Jane ("Bride") and explicitly tries to give her expensive gifts ("Well"), but as he's committing bigamy, he's also risking jail ("Bridewell").
We obviously know Jane is okay as she narrates the story, although we don't know how she is, whether she's married, working or whatever. But there's an early clue that she is doing well financially. This is about Helen Burns.
Her grave is in Brocklebridge Churchyard: for fifteen years after her death it was only covered by a grassy mound; but now a gray marble tablet marks the spot, inscribed with her name, and the word 'Resurgam'.
Sure there is, because Jane put it there. Gravestones, even simple ones like that, were a little pricey. Lowood no doubt buried all the girls who died there in unmarked graves unless their families could afford a marker. Either Helen's dad couldn't afford it or didn't care (she says he's remarried and wouldn't miss her). Jane must have known exactly where Helen's place was and visited it often, always remembered where it was and once she was married and solvent, had the stone installed. Resurgam is Latin for "I will rise again."note The real Helen, Charlotte's sister Maria, was buried in the family vault under the church in Haworth where their father was the pastor for many years. The whole family is there, except Anne.
Many viewers have complained that many actors Mr. Rochester look handsome compare to what the novel actually depicts him. If you look at the origin of the word "handsome", it was first used back in 15th century as "handsom", meaning "easy to handle or use". The meaning of its word was changed into what many people know today few centuries later. The reason why Jane thinks Mr. Rochester is not handsome is because of his abrupt and changeful behavior, not his looks.
The reason why Jane survived the typhus outbreak in Lowood was because she was exposed to it from her parents when she was a baby. It was more likely that through adaptive immunity, her immune system was capable to fight that disease.
When she's debating whether or not she should go with St. John to India, Jane asks herself: "Can I receive from him the bridal ring, endure all the forms of love (which I doubt not he would scrupulously observe) and know that the spirit was quite absent?" All the forms of... oh. Oh.
Either that or she means sex would be something he considered his 'duty', and she wants actual love and passion (or at least desire) in the bedroom.
