The Mad Woman In The Attic And 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.

The mad woman in the attic and jane eyre. In charlotte brontë s 1847 novel jane eyre the. If you ve read jane eyre before you are no doubt familiar with the madwoman in the attic and if not. Jane eyre the madwoman in the attic. Allow me to quickly bring you up to speed.

Her life turns upside down when she discovers right before her wedding that her lover has an ex wife a madwoman hidden in the attic and flees narrowly escaping from committing to a sinful relationship. Climax jane runs away from thornfield so she won t be tempted to live in sin with rochester. Bertha mason the madwoman in the attic as a foil to jane herself. It also sets up one of the most important foil relationships of the novel.

Initial impressions further revelations rochester s burden recent interpretations of bertha jean rhys wide sargasso sea gilbert and gubar s the madwoman in the attic the most well known and problematic character in jane eyre is rochester s first wife who is almost always referred to by her maiden name of bertha mason.