Betha Mason (Character from Jane Eyre)

Bertha’s character only appears once Jane moves to Thornfield. She is never seen, only heard. One night, as Jane lay awake, she heard “a demoniac laugh”(168) and as she rose to investigate she found Rochester’s bedroom on fire. Jane thinks it is Grace Poole, the woman that appears to be crazy, who is the culprit of such an insane act; but in reality it is the woman whom is under her secret care, Bertha Mason to blame. What motivates a person to do such a terrible act? Betra

Through this passage it is evident that Bertha was covetous of Jane because she was marrying her estranged husband. No woman in her right mind would burst into someone else’s bedroom in the middle of the night and try on their wedding veil and then proceed to tear it in half and step on it. The tearing of the veil symbolized how Bertha’s existence tears apart Jane and Rochester on their wedding day.

yal. Bertha Mason felt betrayed by Rochester. Rochester was her husband from an arranged marriage. Upon discovering her mental condition, he took her out of Jamaica where she was born and forced her to live in England at Thornfield under the care of Grace Poole so that no one would know of their marriage. She felt unloved and was angered that Rochester was able to just leave her at Thornfield and just move on with his life as if she had never existed. Bertha wasn’t going to go quietly, she made sure she was heard.

Due to the outcome of Bertha Mason’s attempt to kill Rochester, he and Jane were now on an equal playing field. He was no longer above her so to speak because he lived a life of solitude and interacted with no one. Jane over the interval, which of course was caused by Bertha Mason’s being, Jane became a stronger person so she and Rochester were able to become equals in a way, allowing them to reconcile and live happily ever after. Bertha Mason thought she could prevent the love affair. She did everything in her power to discourage Jane and make it physically impossible for Rochester to be happy. She was retaliating for what she felt was an unjust way of life, locked up in an attic apartment. In the end however, love won out and Bertha received to the justice that her criminal and insane behavio

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