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7. How does the following dialogue from paragraph 69

contribute to the irony of the passage: "Your bride stands
between us'"?

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When Mr. Rochester asks Jane to be his wife, she replies: "your bride stands between us." She is thinking of Blanche, but speaks ironically of Bertha, who was Mr. Rochester's first wife and who, in fact, resembles Blanche. Jane, of course, is as yet unaware that it is Bertha who is hidden away on the third floor of Thornfield Hall.

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