Bertha Mason as a Human

          I drew what Bertha Antoinetta Mason might have looked like before she became the madwoman in the attic.  As a character Bertha Mason is seen more as a symbol and less of like a person. This time, I decided to investigate Bertha as a human. Mr Rochester describes her as "the boast of Spanish Town for her beauty" (352), before she went mad. So I drew her as a beautiful proud woman with glossy locks of black hair, instead of the "dark, grizzled hair, wild as a mane," (338) Jane describes. Seeing Bertha dressed finely with comely features creates a stark comparison the monstrous creature she becomes. It points out that Bertha wasn't always mad. She was once a beautiful smart woman who had hopes, dreams, and aspiration like all of us.