1.Brontë uses pathetic fallacy within this extract to express an unsettling mood ‘driven to shelter by the wind’ ‘augment its rush and deepen its roar’; this disconcerting feeling mimics Jane’s feelings towards her relationship with Rochester, as she subconsciously feels it falling apart; whether she is beginning to recognise Rochester’s concealment of Bertha or recognises that she, as a lower class women, could not (in the eyes of a Victorian reader) marry Rochester because he is a higher class, the original readership would deem this as being unnatural. The harsh wind and rain is an example of the pathetic fallacy used to symbolise the disruption in society caused by Jane and Rochester’s proposed marriage.

 2.Within the extract, Brontë again refers to the motif of ‘Fire and Ice’, the cold wind and rain juxtapose Jane’s fiery personality; while the rain is a cold force wishing to attack Jane,  Jane again shows her independence and fiery nature, fighting against the elements. The idea that she is ‘fighting the elements’ from a feminist perspective could show Jane’s want of liberation, fighting against what was thought as ‘natural’ and ‘right’: marrying Rochester who was of a higher class, while still retaining her independence. However, Bronte also uses Jane as the ‘ice’ against the ‘fire’ that is the burning tree; the tree is split and burning, yet Jane remains calm and speaks to it ‘as if it were a living thing’, the idea that in this situation Jane is the ‘ice’ reflects on Helen Burns’ stoic teachings from earlier in the book. Incidentally, Jane talking to the tree ‘as if it were alive’ could also foreshadow Bertha later in the book, the conversation with the tree a sign of lunacy.

3.Bronte language is reflective of the Gothic genre, using phrases like 'gaped and ghastly' 'monster splinters' wreck and ruin', all evoking images of horror and destruction particularly 'wreck and ruin' which illustrates the idea that Jane is falling apart, something is being destroyed, all of this is very dark language reflective of the Gothic as a whole. Bronte also uses the phrase 'cloven halves' this could be a reference to the Devil's 'cloven Hooves' again provoking dark imagery of the Devil and Hell, religion is also a generic feature within Gothic texts.  

4. The Chestnut tree's destruction is a symbol of the destruction of Jane and Rochester's relationship, 'torn apart' because of the Fire that is Bertha. However, the fact that the 'firm base' and roots remained strong foreshadows the survival of the relationship, the 'firm base' is the idea that Jane's relationship is fixed on a 'firm basis' of intimacy towards each other, that cannot be broken. 

5. Along with the survival of the relationship foreshadowed through the reference of the 'firm base' and rigid roots, Bronte also foreshadows Bertha in this extract. She personifies a female moon, the moon being 'lunar' spurs the idea of 'lunacy', an insane mind, Bertha. The moon 'buried herself again instantly' behind the clouds, as if it were Rochester ushering Bertha back into her room, concealing her, out of sight out of mind. The tree burning is itself foreshadowing the burning of Thornifield 'it stood black and driven'.

6. Psychoanalytically, through Jane's direct conversation to the tree, we can see that Jane holds a s overwhelming sense of optimism, she is able to see life in something that is completely dead: 'scathed as you look, there must be a little sense of life in you yet' we could argue that Jane is actually referring to her relationship with Rochester, even though she cannot be with him she still finds the little life left within him to revive their love, adapting to be his carer, retaining independence 'you did right to hold fast to each other'. However, while being optimistic of it's survival, she is also critical in stating that 'you will never see birds again' or have 'green leaves'; again we could argue that Jane recognises that her relationship with Rochester will never be the same again, Rochester will never be fully healthy and they may never get over what Bertha did to their relationship (this would all be foreshadowed as is hasn't happened yet)   Jane is able to realise that, while there is hope, things will never be the same again. 

8. Bronte uses the imagery of the tree splitting in an attempt to express the unnatural act of Jane and Rochester's marriage in consideration of the rigid class system of the time, a view that the original readership would of shared. The class system in the Victorian era was expected to be set from birth, and the idea for a member of an upperclass family to marry someone of a lower class was deemed 'unnatural' Bronte expresses this literarily in the visual form of the tree being split in two, the tree, a natural thing. Jane progressing to a higher class would be 'breaking' the social norm, thus the tree breaks in half to represent to break in the social hierarchy. However, the idea that the roots remain intact portray how, although Jane does 'dent' the social class expectation, her damage will in no way be permanent; the class system will forever be rigid simply because of the natural greed the human race contains. Here, we could argue, that Bronte is taking the didactic approach to teach the, rather pessimistic lesson, that whatever we do, the social norm may never change.