Bertha Mason is a fictional character in the novel Jane Eyre. it was written by Charlot Bronte. Bertha Merson is the violently insane first wife of Edward Rochester, locked in the attic.
Bertha Merson is a complex presence in Jane Eyre. the mystery surrounding Bertha establishes suspense and terror to the plot and atmosphere. further Bertha serves as a remanent and reminder of Rochester's youthful librtinism. she is the great tragedy of Rochester's life. she is the first wife of Rochester and she is the obstacle in Jane's and Rochester's love must overcome. she is the catalyst that proves Jane's moral virtue and Rochester's ultimate redemption.
Bertha’s family heritage is complex and puts her in a difficult position. She’s half-Creole and half-English, raised in Jamaica among the British aristocrat half of her family, and already not exactly a part of one world or the other. Rochester claims that she was drunken and promiscuous and that her excesses brought on her madness when she was young, but he’s not exactly an objective witness.It’s clear that she and Rochester never really got along and that they hadn’t gotten to know each other at all before they got married. As a result of all this, Bertha spends most of her adult life locked in a room—a few years in a room in Jamaica, and ten years in the attic at Thornfield.
Bertha is presented as being exotic and unbirdles. she is violent, clearly insane and exhibits an animal nature. however it has been suggested by some critics that Bertha's character runs parallel to that of Jane's with Bertha being a kind of darker double of her English country part.
Yet Bertha also misinterpreted as symbol. some seen her as a symbolic representation of trapped Victorian wife. she finds no outlet for her frustration and anxiety. also Berth seem to be the outward manifestation of Jane's interior fire. Berth express the feelings that Jane must keep in check.
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