Bertha Flashcards
“a woman tall and large”
not feminine
“I saw the reflection…in the dark oblong glass”
Uncanny
Bertha is doubling Jane
“It was a discoloured face- it was a savage face”
Bertha is being othered
Colonialist view
‘red eyes’
‘fearful blackened inflation of the lineaments’
Bertha is described as pieces of a person
Animalistic language
“lunatic”
misogynistic- moon caused insanity in women
“Her mother, the Creole, was both a madwoman and a drunkard”
Suggesting Bertha has a genetic problem
‘snatched’ ‘growled’ ‘strange wild animal’ ‘grizzled hair’ ‘shaggy locks’
animalistic depiction of Bertha
She is presented as wild but she is held captive
‘clothed hyena’
Othering Bertha again
“lunatic sprang and grappled his throat viciously and laid her teeth to his cheek”
Dangerous to Rochester
Vampire like as Jane said
Is this Bertha doubling Jane as Jane wishes to do this to Rochester?
