Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (23 sep1861-25Aug 1907

Mary Coleridge was the great grand niece of S.T Coleridge and great niece of Sara Coleridge. She was a essayist, novelist and a poet. She wrote under the pseudonym 'Adonos'. She published five novels and a number of poems. Her best known novel among those is 'The King with Two Faces'. Many of her poems set to songs by her family friend and composer 'Hubert Parry'. She died from complications arising from appendicitis. Other published works include- Fancy's Following, Sever Sleepers of Ephesus, Non Sequitur, The Fiery Dawn, The Shadow on the Wall, Holman Hunt etc

Antoinette Cosway

Antoinette is portrayed as a solitary girl who doesn't get any affection, care and love from anyone. Throughout her life she feels restlessness and instability. She is a far cry from conventional females of 19th Ce. She had to face terrible conditions in her childhood which turns her inward. Nobody cares her and had to face criticisms even from her mother also. She was sent to content where she has to face isolation. Her arranged marriage distressed her. Her husband marry her only for her wealth and he show no affection towards her. He claims a illegal relation  on her with her cousin. Later she had to witness such a illegal relation between her husband and her childhood friend Amelia. She also forced to live with him even after that. All these terrible incidents made her silent and expressionless.  Also, she was sealed as insane and locked her in an attic by her own husband. At last, death made her free from all those restrictions. She was a victim of male dominated society.

Mad Woman in the Attic - Bertha Mason

In the novel Jane Eyre, character Bertha Mason appears from the beginning itself, but visible in fullest from only in the second half. She is characterized as an insane woman. She is the first wife of protagonist Rochester, but that marriage was  a failure. Bertha is the great tragedy of Rochester's life. She never loved her husband. She is the obstacle that Jane's and Rochester's love must overcome. She suffers from congenital insanity. She is also seen as a drunken. As a result of her insanity she spends most of her adult life locked in an attic. That's why she is known as 'Mad Woman in the Attic'. She crawled around in attic making animalistic noises and laughing in a creepy way. She destroyed Jane's wedding veil, when she figures out that Rochester and Jane were going to get married. She has fearful and ghastly look, with a discovered face. Her lips were swelled and dark, brow furrowed black eyebrows widely raised over the blood shot eyes. She is ultimately portrayed as a Vampire. In her peak of madness, she burnt Thorn field mansion, and committed suicide.