Themes 1- Dreams/ Visions

A recurring theme is Jane having dreams and visions that almost reveal new information in the story, like a pyschic would. The most revealing dream/vision that she has is was when she saw the wretched woman in her room in the middle of the night looking through her wedding dress and bridal veil. Jane then learns that this is Mr. Rochester's wife, who is mentally insane. Jane also has had other dreams of bad and scary things that are happening at Thornfield.

"oh sir, I never saw a face like it! It was a discoloured face- it was a savage face. I wish I could forget the roll of the red eyes and the fearful blackened inflation if the lineaments." (288)

"I used to rush into strange dreamsat night: dreams many- coloured, agitated, full of the ideal, the stirring, the stormy- dreans where, amidst unusual scenes, charged with adventure.." (373)

In these two quotes, Jane mentions her dreams that she has been having, and also speaks of the nature of her dreams. The first is the vision where she saw Bessie, and is talking about how she looked and acted. The second was after she left Mr. Rochester and talks about how she is still having these dreams/visions.