Wednesday, February 26, 2014

The 1847 View of Insanity

While the description of Bertha Mason's insanity is now considered " both a racist and insensitive portrayal of insanity," the portrayal of her insanity is accurate to the understanding and sensitivity to mental illness at the time in which Jane Eyre takes place. 



http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/bronte/cbronte/iwama8.html

"Bertha Mason's Madness in a Contemporary Context." Bertha Mason's Madness in a Contemporary Context. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Feb. 2014.

The song I would pick to narrate this movie would be Ghost inside by Broken Bells because the song is about hollowness and emptiness within a loving exterior which seems to perfectly fit this story and the characters. 


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