Bertha

paper analyses Bertha Mason and Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca as women victimized and stripped of their individuality by their respective husbands; Rochester and Maxim de Winter. These men symbolize the dogmatism and prejudice of a phallocentric societal order which strives to extinguish the fire of rebellion that women like Bertha and Rebecca represent. Parallels between the above mentioned female characters are drawn to highlight the similarities that their stories carry. Bertha Mason is the first

relationship between sexuality and morality in Victorian society through the character of Bertha Mason, the daughter of a West Indian planter and Rochester's first wife. Rochester recklessly married Bertha in his youth, and when it was discovered shortly after the marriage that Bertha was sexually promiscuous, Rochester locked her away. Bertha is called a "maniac" and is characterized as insane. Confining Bertha for her display of excess passion reinforces a prevalent theme in Jane Eyre, that of

In Jane Eyre, Bertha Mason is a symbol of female oppression, and the confining roles of women in marriages. Bronte depicts Jane as a young woman in attempt to set an example for others by dodging conformity, and expose false stereotypes, marriage and submission to Rochester are counterintuitive to her goals and morals. Bertha serves as a warning to Jane by displaying the effects of marriage. As a woman who had been oppressed and dominated because of her marriage, Bertha symbolizes the damaging

win the hand of his beloved Bertha multiple times and has failed just as many. Bertha and Winzy played a cat and mouse game for a few years; of chasing each other around and going back and forth of wanting each other, but Winzy’s love for Bertha was always strong and true. One obstacle they faced came to fruition when Bertha was adopted and became a part of a higher social class. Bertha’s new found wealth eventually led to tension between Bertha and Winzy; and also Bertha gets upset at the fact that

presents a more sympathetic and human image of Bertha, who was, according to the novel, born Antoinette Cosway in Jamaica. Bronte’s novel and Rhys’s prequel depict two different images of Bertha: one of spite, the other of fragile humanity, with Rhys’ novel rejecting the marginal status Jane Eyre portrays. Wide Sargasso Sea asks who is Bertha? Is she evil and insane? Or the victim of an oppressive society? The novel gives the previously silent Bertha a voice, and details the causes of her madness

monumental bed, its closed shutters, looked dim and mysterious" (Chopin). The reader can infer that their relationship lack passion. Calixta is so busy, dissolved in the house chores, that even a thought of sex doesn't enter her mind. Adversely, Bertha Young belongs to middle class and lives a leisured life. She is so keen to count her blessings: wealth, loving husband, adorable baby, friends and so on. The Mansfield's protagonist tries to find a rational explanation for her expressive happiness

his story, the bachelor tells a story to 4 kids about a girl named Bertha, who was so good that the prince of her country allowed her to go to his castle. Suddenly, a wolf attacks. The wolf, ready to hunt a pig, finds Bertha. Bertha then hides in a bush, but her medals started to clink as she gets scared, the wolf hears

A literary woman such as Bertha represents the passion Jane is feeling inwardly, but is actually enabled to express it outwardly. The two fires in Thornfield are representative of Jane’s suppressed passion, and through Bertha she vicariously exalts it. Regardless of acceptance and love, a major conflict in the novel is patriarchal status. Jane is a woman of average social standing

herself die , eventually she escapes through madness not flight or starvation, she was terrified because she was locked in the mysterious room and there is Bertha who represent invisible nature of Jane which became visible in the Red Room incident . Bertha in Jane Eyre is known as Mr Rochester’s lunatic wife , the relationship among Jane Eyre, Bertha and Rochester is not only male-female relationships in the western world but also show the relationship between the British empire and its colonies as

Rochester to imply that her “madness” is due to her Creole heritage. We later find out in the Wide Sargasso Sea that the accusations about Bertha are false and are made simply out of misunderstanding and lack of knowledge. In this paper, I argue that Charlotte