Passion, Dreams, and the Supernatural in Jane Eyre Eliza Brownell '97 (English 61 1993) ntrospection, half-belief in the supernatural, conflicting emotions, gushing description appear throughout Jane Eyre. Rochester's mention of prescience -- both foreshadowing and premonition -- come up again and again throughout the work. "I knew. . . you would do me good in some way . . . I saw it in your eyes when I first beheld you," Rochester tells Jane. Both he and she believe implicitly the things …showed first 75 words of 663 total…

…showed last 75 words of 663 total…and turn now to a cooler region, where the dawn breaks grey and sober and the coming day, for a time at least, is subdued in clouds " (all materials from the Norton critical edition of Jane Eyre). Though she did at last consent to leave her imaginary world behind, it played such a large part in her child and early adulthood that there is no doubt her recollections of time spent there affected Jane's experience.