A lot of women in the 19th century were diagnosed as being insane and sometimes that was the case but most of the time it was because either their families had given up on them or they didn t confine to the conventional life of a victorian woman.
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In other words the ideal female figure in a male dominated society.
The angel character was pure dispassionate and submissive.
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As long as they could have a young girl with clear eyes who submit s they not only keep control of society but also what defines femininity bronte 317 771.
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Critics have written that nineteenth century novels have showcased these women in various characters.
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The madwoman in the attic is important to both jane eyre and wide sargasso sea.
It is unquestionably true that madwoman in the attic is an ambitious and substantial work of criticism and scholarship.
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In this novel rochester s first wife bertha mason has gone mad and is kept locked in an attic.
It took about a century for the angel in the house to join forces with the madwoman in the attic.
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During the victorian period not many people knew much about mental health and neither did they really know what makes a person mad.
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Interestingly the term angel stems directly from coventry patmore s 1854 poem the angel in the house in which he described his meek and pious wife.
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Jane eyre creates a forum for the angel in the house to meet the madwoman in the attic.
Gilbert and susan gubar even when this angel occupied the foreground in nineteenth century novels she was shadowed by her dark twin.
Angels in the house amongst the madwoman in the attic these angels conform to society constraints but yearn to be free.
It offers important feminist rereadings of many of the major texts by women writers in the 19th century.
Jane as the protagonist and bertha as the antagonist demonstrate the characteristics engrained in these stereotypes and further play into the patriarchal society s ideals.