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Podcast: Eyre Buds
Episode: A Rather Unstable Arsonist: A Character Study for Bertha Antoinetta Mason Rochester
Description: We decided to dedicate our first character analysis to our gurl in the attic: Bertha. This week, Lillian and Piper discuss how Bertha is portrayed in the novel and how her character has been interpreted over many years and adaptations. As is evident by the length of this episode, though her time on the page is brief, Bertha's presence in the novel is impactful, she haunts the story before we truly know her and turns the world upside down once we do.Â
Bertha's episode from the On Eyre season of the Hot and Bothered Podcast can be f...