6. Jane Eyre (pg. 184)
“The consequence was, that when the moon, which was full and bright (for the night was fine), came in her course to that space in the sky opposite my casement, and looked in at me through the unveiled panes, her glorious gaze roused me. Awaking in the dead of night, I opened my eyes on her disk--silver- white and crystal clear. It was beautiful, but too solemn...”
Bronte is using the moon and the color, silver-white, referencing the moon. Silver symbolizes desire and the harms that desire may cause. Furthermore, the moon is a symbol of shapes that change and then reform. White symbolizes innocence or enlightenment. Bronte is foreshadowing a change in atmosphere for Jane Eyre. Bronte describes the moon as a “silver- white” representing an innocent desire that Jane Eyre possess for Mr. Rochester. Will this desire harm Jane or someone else?
“Symbolism in Literature.” Scribd. 10 September 2008. 23 August 2009.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/6472314/Symbolism-in-Literature.
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