Her life turns upside down when she discovers right before her wedding that her lover has an ex wife a madwoman hidden in the attic and flees narrowly escaping from committing to a sinful relationship.
Jane eyre crazy woman in attic.
Jane eyre the madwoman in the attic.
Jane eyre revolves around the life of a simple plain yet intelligent orphaned girl who struggles with internal and external battles before she comes to accept that she loves her employer mr rochester who is double her age and from an upper class background.
To my young mind she was nothing more than a plot device.
One of the most fascinating characters in literature is the mysterious mad woman confined to an attic in jane eyre.
A nuisance and an impediment to this beautiful love story between jane eyre and mr.
The real life attic that was the inspiration for a section of jane eyre where mentally ill character bertha mason is confined before she commits suicide is now open to the public.