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from the eyes of society, and of course, his and Jane's. Rochester tries to tell Jane that the reasoning behind the cruel act is that his wife is mad, is unstable and cannot be around others. The saddest part is that Bertha never asked for any of this to be brought upon her. Bertha Mason’s early life, actions and mystery illness pushed onto the path of loneliness and misery. Bertha’s earlier life really pushed her. When she was in about her mid to late 20s she was introduced to Mr. Rochester. Everyone

chooses not to communicate it. He was able to hold on to his identity and his culture throughout Foe, more so than in Robinson Crusoe. In Jane Eyre, culture had become a key point the story. The scene that comes to mind is when Jane is describing Bertha. She says,

Bertha Mason has become quite the literary character since Charlotte Brontë wrote her in Jane Eyre in 1847. As discussed in chapter one, there was a social correlation between women and hysteria. While the raw facts show otherwise, there was a great fear that a woman could be falsely committed or locked away in her home by her husband. Jane Eyre is a novel that plays upon that fear and brings these frightening scenarios to life. Brontë's depiction of Bertha Mason also reveals how a woman with hysteria

and reaffirms patriarchal structures in Jane Eyre. Despite being silenced in the novel, Bertha Mason functions as a crucial part of Bronte’s Jane Eyre. She highlights to us the patriarchal structure in the novel, allowing us to see the gap between male and female rights and voices, and also allows us to challenge our perception of the patriarchal structure, and watch it slowly start to deteriorate. Bertha Mason’s madness reaffirms the patriarchal structures in Jane Eyre. As a result of her

Charlotte Brontë’s nineteenth-century Victorian novel discusses the effects that gender has on male and female paradigms. Rochester was married to Bertha Mason, who is characterized as “the madwoman in the attic.” He locks his wife in the attic because he cannot control her disability and marries Jane Eyre, a young governess. Jane abandons Rochester at the altar because he lies about being married. However, Jane later returns when Rochester becomes disabled. Rochester views disability as something

symbol of both passion and hate. This can be seen through Jane Eyre herself and through Bertha’s hatred of Jane and Rochester. Fire is used as a comparison for Jane’s intense passion, while it is also used as a symbol of destruction in the hands of Bertha. Throughout this essay, I will demonstrate the parallels between the element of fire and it’s influence of love and hatred on the characters in the novel. Brontë doesn’t waste any time in establishing the importance of fire throughout the novel.

Detective Dave Bannion and telling him whatever he wants to know about Stone. Later, Dave tells Debby that he almost kills Bertha, because Bertha has information from her husband on the syndicate that would expose everyone in it, including Stone. After hearing this, Debby displays incredible determination and willpower by taking matters into her own hands and killing Bertha herself. Essentially, Debbie single handedly takes on Stone and everyone else in

features highlight the dark, fearful feeling prominent in the novel. The Gothic elements in Jane Eyre are depicted through her experience in the red room, the setting of Thornfield Hall, and the atmosphere of ghostly mystery, thanks to the character of Bertha Mason. Jane’s confined, traumatic

Miele Rodas. This criticism was about how Bertha acts what Jane wishes she could outwardly express. She says that although we may see Bertha as Jane’s alter ego, she thinks “Miss Ingram may be seen as Bertha Mason’s doppelganger” as well as Grace Poole. She compares how the two look and act to show the similarities between the two. When talking about Grace Poole, Ms. Rodas states that “it is also significant that Jane constantly mistakes Grace Poole... for Bertha”. She thinks that this is Bertha’s way

It is apparent that colonialism and imperialism influence the characters’ identities in both Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 1822 and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 2006. Colonialism was first becoming acknowledged in the 16th century. However, it was not well known until the 19th and 20th century better referred to as the Victorian era. When discussing literature and its impact on the nineteenth-century, it is almost guaranteed to have some form of imperialism to it. How it forms a strong part of the