Watercolours in Jane Eyre

On pages 127 and 128 of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bront?, Jane describes some of her artwork which she is showing to Mr. Rochester. These three watercolors have hidden meanings and tell us readers something about Jane?s personality.
The first painting is of a stormy sea over which dark, low clouds hang. A glint of light in the picture shows a half-submerged wooden log, the mast of a sunken ship. A cormorant sits upon this log, holding in its beak a golden bracelet inlaid with jewels. Nearby, the corpse of a drowned woman is only visible by a white arm protruding from the water. I think that this picture is particularly representative of Jane?s personality, what she does not show to many people but still resides inside her. Her passionate nature is the stormy seas and clouds while the boat is the Jane who tries to fight her natural desires but is not strong enough and is eventually overwhelmed by the power of passion and obsession. The cormorant represents a strong Mr. Rochester who swoops down into Jane?s life, the storm means nothing to it, and it continues life as usually. He knows Jane as a little, inexperienced child, perfectly normal and rational but he senses that she has other emotions. He has landed a part of Jane that is still floating above the passions (the mast) and is aware of the turbulence though only vaguely.
The second picture represents a calmer landscape with only the peak of a hill with grass and leaves on it, which slant gently to the side with the breeze. The sky is a dark blue, rising into it are the head and shoulders of a woman, who is portrayed in softer colors. Her forehead is crowned with a star and her eyes are dark and wild. This painting may be said to represent Jane, but only the part of her that may be seen. The calm breeze may be used in comparing Jane?s inner self seen in the first painting she describes to her outer self, her passions are subdued. The eyes, though, are described as dark and wild and may be a window into Jane?s powerful nature and temperament.
The third picture is a landscape of the artic sea and sky. A large pointed iceberg is piercing the sky lighted by the northern lights. In the front of the picture is a giant head, leaning on the iceberg with its long-fingered hands. This cold artic landscape may be Mr. Rochester, his cold and distant Byronic self and Jane is the only one who can penetrate that cold, or she does not mind it, as the woman can lay her head on the iceberg.