TITLE - DREAMS
The dreams in Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë, are vivid and full of meaning. Dreams are usually viewed by the dreamer as something to push away once awake, but Jane seems to know that there is more to them and they should not be ignored. There is a collection of symbolic dreams throughout the novel. Jane’s dreams seem to come from her subconscious revealing her fears as well as desires. The dreams in the novel have a real impact on Jane as they often serve to foreshadow and serve as a warning of upcoming events that will soon come true in reality. When Jane was a young girl, dreams became a real sign of something to come in her life. One day she overheard Bessie say that “to dream of children was a sure sign of trouble, either to one’s self or one’s own kin” (220). The following day, Bessie returned to her home because her younger sister had passed away. This incident proved to Jane that Bessie’s warning of dreaming of children must be truthful and an accurate warning of something awful to come. Jane found herself dreaming of a child during her stay in Thornfield and often worried about what this occurrence was a sign for as she continues to believe that dreams …show more content…
When Jane and Mr. Rochester become engaged, she has a dream in which she is “burdened with the charge of a little child” (281) on a strange road. She believes that she can see Mr. Rochester walking ahead of her on the path, but he seemed more and more unreachable as the dream went on. In Jane’s description of her dream, she also notes that she “experienced a strange, regretful consciousness of some barrier dividing” (281) her and Mr. Rochester. This barrier that Jane feels is that of Mr. Rochester’s marriage with Bertha, preventing Jane to marry him. Mr. Rochester becoming further and further from her is also a symbol of the separation between the two in the
The dreams in Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë, are vivid and full of meaning. Dreams are usually viewed by the dreamer as something to push away once awake, but Jane seems to know that there is more to them and they should not be ignored. There is a collection of symbolic dreams throughout the novel. Jane’s dreams seem to come from her subconscious revealing her fears as well as desires. The dreams in the novel have a real impact on Jane as they often serve to foreshadow and serve as a warning of upcoming events that will soon come true in reality. When Jane was a young girl, dreams became a real sign of something to come in her life. One day she overheard Bessie say that “to dream of children was a sure sign of trouble, either to one’s self or one’s own kin” (220). The following day, Bessie returned to her home because her younger sister had passed away. This incident proved to Jane that Bessie’s warning of dreaming of children must be truthful and an accurate warning of something awful to come. Jane found herself dreaming of a child during her stay in Thornfield and often worried about what this occurrence was a sign for as she continues to believe that dreams …show more content…
When Jane and Mr. Rochester become engaged, she has a dream in which she is “burdened with the charge of a little child” (281) on a strange road. She believes that she can see Mr. Rochester walking ahead of her on the path, but he seemed more and more unreachable as the dream went on. In Jane’s description of her dream, she also notes that she “experienced a strange, regretful consciousness of some barrier dividing” (281) her and Mr. Rochester. This barrier that Jane feels is that of Mr. Rochester’s marriage with Bertha, preventing Jane to marry him. Mr. Rochester becoming further and further from her is also a symbol of the separation between the two in the