Although both Charlotte Bronte"'"s Jane Eyre and Jean Rhyse"'"s Wide Sargasso Sea ultimately deal the same people, they have almost opposite views of their characteristics and the stories behind them. ... As we read about Bertha in Wide Sargasso Sea, we see that this is not necessarily true. ... Reading Wide Sargasso Sea, Bertha tells us what really happened that night. ...
I found that Wide Sargasso Sea was easier to read and understand. ... I think that Rhys, the author of Wide Sargasso Sea, chose to re-tell Jane Eyre in the way that she did because it gives us an interesting perspective on a character who is not known at all in Jane Eyre. ... In Wide Sargasso Sea, we step into her life and find out what really happened and her point of view on the events leading up to the fire. ... In Wide Sargasso Sea, she is described very differently. ...
In Wide Sargasso Sea she portrays a connection between her and Antoinette; Both from Creole decent, both socially isolated and both grow up to feeling that they do not belong. ... In Wide Sargasso Sea Rhys tries to give the Creole woman a voice. ...
