“The paroxysms, when my wife is prompted by her familiar to burn people in their beds at night, to stab them, to bite their flesh from their bones, and so on – ”
“Sir,” I interrupted him, “you are inexorable for that unfortunate lady: you speak of her with hate – with vindictive antipathy. It is cruel – she cannot help being mad.”
– Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre, Chapter 27. Rochester’s rage is directed at his wife Blanche. He has no sympathy for her, to him she’s the monster. Even though, like him, she is the victim of an arranged marriage, he displays his hated for her. Jane reproaches Rochester for speaking badly about Bertha.