Obviously this book is about feminism and equality or possibly lack thereof. However is there a connection between the Moon, Mother Nature, and the reoccuring dream's Jane has with the Baby? For my Essay I'm going to explore this. I believe that the Baby dream Jane has is connected to Motherly instinct. It has been said that a Mother can sense when her baby is in grave danger, sort of like having a 6th sense. Since Jane's dreams involve a baby and often prelude to something bad could this mean that Jane is experiancing a 6th sense? Furthermore the connection between night, the moon and having a 6th sense can also be made. Prehapse, like a mother, nature can sense something that could happen and since the women is associated with the moon it is possible that Bronte is making a connection between the fact that night-time, since it's dark, can see somethings in a new light and therefore give warning about what is to come the same way a mother can sense her child is in danger. The connection between night/the moon is directly realted to Jane's baby dream for these reasons. The dream comes at night, a time associated with women, and since nature is often a women, mother nature, it is also associated with child-bearing and child-rearing. Therefore Jane's dream is both a mother's sense and a women's sense becuase it is associated with night-time, child-rearing, and danger. Three thigns that can be and often are associated with women.
The connection could also be made between nature, feminism and fire. Fire presents danger and femine passion, plus fire is an element of nature, just like babies could be considered an element of women. Therefore Jane's dreams about the babies, and the fact that these dreams represent that someone is in danger of dying parrallel the fire that Jane and Bertha's passion create.
A passage from the book that examplifies this is when Jane is climbing up the wall, in her dream, holding a child in the ruins of Thornfield hall. This parrallel's Jane returning to Rochester after Bertha burns down the house, and seeing the ruins of Thornfield Hall and Bertha being dead, and the doors opening for Rochester and Jane to rekindle (a fire term) their firey romance. And also Jane has children, I'm not sure if that can be connected.
Essentially Nature mirrors feminism and fire is an act of nature that symbolizes femine passion and females are the child bearers and have a 6th sense about their children, so in a sense mother nature gives Jane both passion, in the form of fire, and waring, in the form of a dream that takes place in Janes sleep during the night, a time associated with women, that involves a baby. Nature mirrors Jane.
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Wow Jacqui! These are some amazing connections. I really agree with you about the whole mother nature thing. That's so cool; thanks for pointing it out!
I agree with Alex: an excellent (and very productive) post. This has me very anxious to see your first draft on Friday!
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