Finding out about Bertha Mason, "the madwoman in the attic", was one of the most dramatic scenes in Jane Eyre. Bertha Mason was the insane wife of Mr. Rochester whom he locks in his own home. She symbolizes the horror of a victorian marriage, when women were significantly inferior to men and confined to home. Ironically, it is the suffocation and imprisonment that potentially leads women to mental illness. In addition, the madwoman could also symbolize Jane Eyre's repressed rage and anxiety since the madwoman