Bertha Mason Flashcards
1
Q
Bertha
A
“discoloured face”
“red eyes”
“lips were swelled”
2
Q
Race
A
Creole - daughter of a white European settler in the West Indies.
Creole women seen as self-willed and untrustworthy
Ambiguous.
“dark” hair
“black” face
Parents wanted her to marry Rochester “of a good race”
Would have been seen as an alien in 18th and 19th centuries
3
Q
Bertha and Jane
A
Described by Gilbert and Gubar as Janes “truest and darkest double”
Wedding-veil she tears “Cheated”
Red room - anger and lack of conformity
4
Q
What is Bertha Mason?
A
Creole-English
5
Q
Quote
A
“It is cruel - she cannot help being mad”
