Jane Eyre: Bertha Mason

Professor John Bowen explores the character of Bertha Mason in Jane Eyre, revealing the depths of her character and the context in which Charlotte Brontë created her. Filmed at the Brontë Parsonage, Haworth.
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[@insomnia3201]

the madwoman in the attic, it says so much about society, about women, about slavery. I love this book, a superb Bildungsroman, I can always go back to..

[@andreesydney]

Writing a final paper on Wide Sargasso Sea and really enjoyed watching this video on Bertha Mason, also known as Antoinette. Thank you!

[@simonevin2119]

+Sydney A Same here

[@karencarter18042]

What do you think is the "Mental health issue" Bertha has? Cause the only thing I am sure of is that she likes to set fires.

[@ShivaalTiluk]

I’m writing my final paper on Wide Sargasso Sea tomorrow 😅...

[@김은선-g1n]

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[@amywagner9907]

I would be interested in reading your paper

[@L_Martin]

Wow, I wish this was an hour long. So fascinating.

[@pjsmith4369]

Thanks for your insight. Was one of my favourite novels growing up.
Interesting to find out how interested the Bronte children were in illnesses.
Mental illness was barely touched on or understood at that time - even up to very recently in the 20th Century. I know because I was a nurse in the 1970’s and have seen some progress, but not as much as you would hope.

[@xd-lt2ul]

subst: figure, house, passages, book, parallels
veb: imprisoned, marginalized, fears, become, talks
adj: interesting, obscene, grotesque, opposite, monsterous

[@mart980j]

cool

[@mart980j]

thats is a very spiceseses commentar

[@Asmeret1985]

Beautiful background music ❤️ wondering if its on Spotify ?

[@MarleanSweden]

Words can't express how much I appreciate this. I LOVE Jane Eyre so much!

[@lucyarque2946]

This is great Thank you!

[@naurelleassele1649]

What's the name of the background music please? ?

[@britishlibrary]

Hi there, this piece is by a composer called Nikky French.

[@Newbii2071]

@@britishlibrary But what's the song name? Please I really like it. 😂

[@thomasitataylor6450]

Music is too loud

[@CarolBrown-h4m]

Thank you 😊 thank you great work

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[@v4victory39]

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[@tinamariadimitriu5010]

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[@Yesica1993]

"she's this monstrous, grotesque, bestial, obscene kind of figure, so in some ways it’s a violently racist text I think"
LOL! Get out of here with this nonsense.