After Robert Audley implies that Lady Audley first married and then murdered George Talboys, Lady Audley begins to plot to convince Alicia and, most importantly, Sir Michael that Robert is mad. She uses accusations of madness to discredit a troublesome family member, thus showing how one can use the Victorian era’s misunderstandings about mental health for dishonest means. This also shows Lady Audley’s moral depravity, as she doesn’t care if she must send a sane man to an asylum in order to protect her own secrets. She also shows how a woman can use her limited agency to influence a…