Why has Bertha been characterized as the “madwoman in the attic” by literary scholars ?

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To make an ironic statement about the point of view and marginalization of the “Other” in Victorian England

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To represent the expansion of Gothic literary spaces from only subterranean spaces to attics as well

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To represent the shift from the male Gothic villain to the female Gothic villain in the Victorian Gothic novel

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To make reference to the rise of personal responsibility in Victorian England for the care of the sick and insane

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