Bertha Antoinetta Mason
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Bertha Antoinetta Mason is the mentally ill, hidden first wife of Mr. Rochester in Charlotte Brontë’s novel "Jane Eyre," whose existence thwarts his planned marriage to the heroine.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in a novel
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Bertha Mason
NERFINISHED
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Mrs. Rochester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Jane Eyre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
colonialism
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imprisonment ⓘ madness ⓘ patriarchy ⓘ secrecy ⓘ |
| attempts |
to burn Rochester in his bed
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to burn Thornfield Hall ⓘ to stab her brother Richard Mason ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | fall from height ⓘ |
| causes | fire at Thornfield Hall ⓘ |
| creator | Charlotte Brontë NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diagnosedAs | mentally ill ⓘ |
| diesBy | suicide ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Creole ⓘ |
| familyBackground | wealthy West Indian family ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | Jane Eyre (1847) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genreContext |
Gothic fiction
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Victorian novel ⓘ |
| guardedBy | Grace Poole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSiblingInLaw | Richard Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Edward Fairfax Rochester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | the literary trope of the madwoman in the attic ⓘ |
| injures | Richard Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keptAt | Thornfield Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keptLocation | attic of Thornfield Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keptSecretFrom | Jane Eyre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryFunction | gothic element in Jane Eyre ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | jumping from the roof of Thornfield Hall ⓘ |
| marriageArrangedBy |
Rochester's brother
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Rochester's father ⓘ |
| marriageType | arranged marriage ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | obstacle to Jane Eyre and Rochester's marriage ⓘ |
| nationality | Jamaican ⓘ |
| reimaginedAs | Antoinette Cosway in Wide Sargasso Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Wide Sargasso Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | 19th-century England ⓘ |
| spouseOf | Edward Fairfax Rochester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolism |
Rochester's hidden past
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repressed female rage ⓘ the "madwoman in the attic" archetype ⓘ |
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