Jane eyre the madwoman in the attic.
Jane eyre crazy woman in attic.
To my young mind she was nothing more than a plot device.
I have read and re read jane eyre many times and i m embarrassed to admit that i had never paid much attention to this spectre of a woman lurking in the shadows until much later in life.
Jane eyre revolves around the life of a simple plain yet intelligent orphaned girl who struggles with internal and external battles before she comes to accept that she loves her employer mr rochester who is double her age and from an upper class background.
One of the most fascinating characters in literature is the mysterious mad woman confined to an attic in jane eyre.
The real life attic that was the inspiration for a section of jane eyre where mentally ill character bertha mason is confined before she commits suicide is now open to the public.
In jane eyre the character of bertha mason serves as an ominous representation of uncontrollable passion and madness.