The Madwoman In The Attic And Jane Eyre

The novel itself is jane eyre but the main character is jane eyre so we re going to get confused a lot about whether we re talking about the whole book or just the character this confusion isn t accidental.

The madwoman in the attic and jane eyre.

Culture books news attic that inspired jane eyre s madwoman in the attic bertha open for public tours. Bertha mason full name bertha antoinetta mason is a fictional character in charlotte brontë s 1847 novel jane eyre she is described as the violently insane first wife of edward rochester who moved her to thornfield hall and locked her in a room on the third floor. Rochester into a stereotypical byronic hero. But think about this for a second.

Townsend taken from the second edition of jane eyre 1847 bertha mason s life finally ended tragically. So this is a novel about a woman named jane eyre and it s titled jane eyre seems pretty obvious that one. The first and most important point to make about her is that within the time span of the novel she is unable to give an account of herself. If you ve read jane eyre before you are no doubt familiar.

Her dark sensuality and violent nature contrast sharply with jane s calm morality and it is no surprise that bertha s presence at thornfield is a key factor in transforming mr. Charlotte brontë s fictional character the mentally ill bertha mason is locked in. As we can see in engraving by t. The madwoman in the attic from jane eyre is actually based on real history.

The madwoman emerges in the second part after rochester cashes her dowry and especially after her husband inherits thornfield decides to return to england and locks her away in his cold damp attic. Jane eyre is a progressive book in many senses far ahead of its time it is even deemed feminist. This novel like most novels named. In jane eyre the character of bertha mason serves as an ominous representation of uncontrollable passion and madness.

Gilbert and susan gubar s the madwoman in the attic it took about a century for the angel in the house to join forces with the madwoman in the attic. The 1966 parallel novel wide sargasso sea by jean rhys serves as a prequel to brontë s novel.