Thank God for Bertha Mason! Had Betha not been locked in the attic Jane would have married Rochester a poor, obscure orphan and would forever be the dependant little woman he and the world wished her to be. The discovery of his sins force Jane to leave Thornfield and all its hidden horrors. In leaving she finds family, fortune, and the confidence which comes from recieving the pure love she knew herself deserving of.
Had Bertha not set fire to her husband's home killing herself and greatly disfiguring her spouse, we would not have the absolutely irresistable ending we are left with in which Jane returns to her fallen knight to rescue him from the pain his sins have brought on him. He becomes dependent on our little Jane as she would have been on him if Brontë had not the forethought to hide a lunatic in the attic.
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