In Chapters 23-25, a lot happens. To start, in Chapter 23, Jane confesses her love to Rochester, prompting him to propose to her. The two then share a kiss as they agree to marry each other. Additionally, I continued to track the weather patterns, as they accurately reflected Jane's emotions and hinted at what is to come. For example, right after Rochester proposes and bids Jane goodnight, she notes that "near and deep thunder crashed, fierce and frequent as the lightning gleamed" (Brontë 296). This description led me to wonder if the marriage might not be as joyful and perfect as Jane believes. As I continued reading, I noticed that Rochester alludes to his dark secret again and again, which makes me think that we will soon discover this secret. Also, in the last chapter, Chapter 25, I found Jane's "half dream," where a strange and frightening woman stands over her and rips up her wedding veil, to be quite unsettling. Jane describes this woman as having "purple lips...swelled and dark...the black eyebrows widely raised over the bloodshot eyes" (Brontë 327). This characterization of the unknown woman is very gothic and dark. I believe that in the following chapters, we will learn what Rochester's big secret is, and I predict that it has something to do with this mysterious woman.
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