Topic > Examples of romance in Jane Eyre - 1215

Rochester and the fit of passion with St. John. After the proposal that Mr. Rochester made to Jane, she feels that her love with Mr. Rochester is like a dream, for which she then dreams of their relationship. She tells Mr. Rochester that she "carries the unknown child" (284) whereby "the child rolls from [her] knee, [and Jane] lost [her] balance, fell" (285). explaining the horror he experienced in his dream. In the novel, "the child" represents an omen or devil to Jane. Jane falling while "carrying the unknown child" foreshadows the actions she may take in her life with Mr. Rochester because she is running for Mr. Rochester. Then, a crazy woman enters her room and tears off her wedding veil. The mad woman, who is called Bertha Mason, is "frightful and horrible" (286) and "has a discolored face: it was a wild face" (286), creating a picture of how Jane views Bertha with her actions. A normal human has "a wild face" instead of a "discolored face", meaning that Bertha is unlikely to be a human. Bertha has a “scary and horrible” face because she remains in darkness mentally conducting her actions. The words “scary,” “hideous,” “discolored,” and “wild” negatively connote Bertha and her physical appearance. The supernatural thing about Bertha is that her descriptions tell Jane that she is not human but rather close to a beast or ghost. Then, with St. John, Jane experiences hearing a voice she cannot see. The voice calls out to Jane saying “'Jane! Jane! Jane!' nothing more” (422) specifying a supernatural element that she feels without seeing the person who says it. For Jane, this calling is not a supernatural event. However, he thinks this is a force of nature. "Nothing More" deliberately states that Jane only hears a certain part of the voice, while she thinks the voice is Mr.