“She seemed the emblem of my past life; and he, I was now to array myself to meet, the dread, but adored, type of my unknown future day.” XXV 1/2 The air was cold as the wind intruded through the window to behold my body in it gasps; my body. The body of Jane Eyre, not of Jane Rochester, for yet that body did not exist. On to-morrow, Jane Eyre would cease to exist, Mrs. Rochester, do I fear to possess her and all that she, Mrs. Rochester, already privileges. From the fear and anxiety overtaking my mental being, slumber easily quitted by the wanting of an uncomplicated mind. Slumber did not last long due to the lure of the fullest of moons, illuminating and detailing my burdened mind. However, in the haze of opening tired eyes, uneasy of …show more content…
This decision came from the fact that she was never given a voice, and therefore, I could make her become whomever I decided she would want to be. In my take of Bertha’s story, I decided her speech would work as both frazzled and disjointed, but at the same time educated and chronical. Bertha’s character was also based off of the Two Face character from Batman. The inspiration was Two Face’s ability to contain two sides, which for Bertha would be the crazy lady locked in the attic and the abandoned wife. The hardest part of creating a Two Face Bertha was trying to show a textual difference between when Jane should be scared of her and when Jane should feel connected with her. Another decision I had to make was how to show Bertha’s voice as text. I decided the best way to tell Bertha’s story would be through herself, but speaking to Jane. As I started to write as Bertha, I began to notice the change of character I developed around her. She started in my mind as a fearsome figure, and ended as the same, but in between as she explained herself to Jane: Bertha was nothing more than a woman abandoned by her unnamed husband (Rochester). The figure and the lady was representational of the Two Faces seen by Bertha. The hardest part of writing the story was creating the emotions Jane was feeling. I worried adding too much emotion would be untrue to Jane’s character since she was often plain and controlled, with only moment of outbursts or profound disobedience. The way I overcame this difficulty was referring to the voice and emotions she exhibited during her time in the red room. Another difficulty of writing my story was the overwhelming thoughts and details I created when pre-planning the paper. I over detailed the story for a paper with a word limit, therefore I challenged myself to delete three ideas before writing. This was a challenge because I found it hard to decide