The Madwoman In The Attic And 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.

The madwoman in the attic and jane eyre.

Jane eyre the madwoman in the attic. One the one hand brontë s madwoman is a tragic figure a literary manifestation of jane s own feelings of oppression. In jane eyre bertha eventually burns down thornfield and dies by suicide. 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.

Gilbert and gubar draw their title from charlotte brontë s jane eyre in which rochester s wife is kept secretly locked in an attic apartment by her husband. 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. The madwoman in the attic. In jane eyre the character of bertha mason serves as an ominous representation of uncontrollable passion and madness.