Literature students always encounter with this question. What do you think about this? Do you really think Antoinette sets fire to Thornfield Hall and commits suicide in the end?
I think this is the case. That night she dreams for the third time that she has stolen the keys from Grace and ventured into the main part of the house. She takes a candle with her and goes to "a large room with red carpet and red curtains" where she lights more candles. In her dream, she becomes anxious when she thinks that someone is going to find her in the room, which then suddenly turns into Aunt Cora's room. Antoinette becomes angry and knocks all of the candles down. They catch the curtains and fire begins to spread. Still dreaming, she goes up to the top story of the house and stands on the battlements where scenes of her past life flash before her eyes: Jamaica, Coulibri, the parrot Coco, Tia, Christophine, and Rochester all flash before her eyes.
