To my young mind she was nothing more than a plot device.
Jane eyre crazy woman in attic.
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.
A nuisance and an impediment to this beautiful love story between jane eyre and mr.
I have read and re read jane eyre many times and i m embarrassed to admit that i had never paid much attention to this spectre of a woman lurking in the shadows until much later in life.
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.
One of the most fascinating characters in literature is the mysterious mad woman confined to an attic in jane eyre.
Jane eyre the madwoman in the attic.