#11 redone.

These two chapters are definitely the climax of the novel. The suspense and surprise to find that the mad woman in the attic was Bertha Mason, Mr. Rochester’s crazed wife was unbelievable. I could not fathom the idea of Mr. Rochester being so cruel as to lock his insane wife away so that no one would even know she was still living. His speech on regrets being the poison of life now makes so much sense. He regretted marring his wife, but didn’t let that stop him from freely looking for another. Thus, he was going to marry Jane. Mr. Rochester has turned into quite the character during these past few pages, transforming from the romantic love interest, to the spiteful villain. He has turned out to be a bit crazed himself, for even trying to carry out this scheme. He seems to me, to be the kind of person that cares only of himself and his happiness, he had his wife and doesn’t want her anymore so he decides to just dispose of her and keep her under lock and key so that he doesn’t even have to see her. I don’t think that hell let this minor glitch in his plans stop him from trying to get Jane for himself either, and in my opinion, he doesn’t treat people like human being, but rather as objects. If I were Jane, I would leave the house in a heartbeat, I wouldn’t want to know anything about Bertha or any other secrets he might have lying around, even though she has no place to go, she will certainly find better company elsewhere. I however, am not in this twisted love triangle, and am extremely curious to see what happened to make Bertha Mason so crazy, what she used to be like, and most of all, what Mr. Rochester did to drive her to this point.