Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

The incident had occurred and was gone for me: it was an incident of no moment, no romance, no interest in a sense; yet it marked with change one single hour of a monotonous life. My help had been needed and claimed; I had given it: I was pleased to have done something; trivial, transitory though the deed was, it was yet an active thing, and I was weary of an existence all passive. (Jane Eyre; Chapter 12, p. 78)

Which of the following themes is most prominent in this excerpt?

family
social status
love
fulfillment

Answer 1

i think it would be love

Answer 2

fulfillment

Step-by-step explanation:

In the excerpt from Chapter 12 of Charlotte Brontë's "Jane Eyre," Jane describes her feelings after she aids a traveler who has fallen while riding his horse. In that respect, on the way to the village of Hay, she witnesses how the horse slips on the icy road, and stops to assist the gentleman. Before she learns the man is Mr Rochester -her master- she cannot help but feel needed, accomplished and contented about the circumstance.