By marrying a man who has become her physical and financial dependent – but who remains an equal romantic partner – Jane can ...

In episode two and three we looked at Jane Eyre, Mr Rochester and St John Rivers. Today it's all about Helen Burns, Mrs Reed and Bertha Mason. Carl: There's a lot of important characters in this ...

Jane Eyre is subtitled ... both to accept the strictures of patriarchal society and to reject them.” Bertha Mason, the madwoman, thus becomes a monstrous double of Jane – a transgressive ...