What Vision Does Jane Eyre Have before the wedding?

Answer 1

Jane Eyre indeed has a strange dream before her wedding. She describes it to Mr. Rochester thus: "I was following the windings of an unknown road; total obscurity environed me; rain pelted me; I was burdened with the charge of a little child. . . I thought, sir, that you were on the road a long way before me. . . I dreamt another dream, sir: that Thornfield Hall was a dreary ruin. . . Wrapped up in a shawl, I still carried the unknown little child. . . I heard the gallop of a horse at a distance on the road: I was sure if was you; and you were departing for many years, and for a distant country. I climbed the thin wall with frantic perilous haste, eager to catch one glimpse of you from the top. . . I saw you like a speck on a white track, lessening every moment". Her vision actually foreshadows what is going to happen next. She follows an unknown road when she lives Thornfield Hall. This unknown road is totally obscure to her with with rain pelting her, as rain does so on the night she knocks on the Rivers' house, looking like a beggar. The second dream foreshadows such a circumstance also. Except that it is Jane leaving Mr. Rochester behind. But, no matter who is leaving the other, each of them see each other as more and more distant. When Jane leaves Mr. Rochester behind, Mr. Rochester becomes more and more distant from Jane in her life, since she attempts to leave him behind like a speck on a white track.

Answer 2

Before her wedding, Jane Eyre has a disturbing vision of her former home, Thornfield Hall, in ruins and filled with flames. This vision symbolizes her fear of losing her independence and identity in marriage to Mr. Rochester. It also foreshadows the obstacles and challenges she will face in their relationship.