This shows us that he feels even more isolated, by his sight and his sense of smell. As for Antoinette, she feels very much at ease in this place. She seems to be so familiar with the surroundings, that her husband asks her to identify the types of birds. That is because the birds are part of her Caribbean heritage. Also, she tells him when to wear his coat, foreseeing when it is going to be cold instead of cool. She utilises nature as if she has lived there all her life, making cups out of leafs. Therefore, Rochester does not feel comfortable in the Caribbean, because everything is so unreal to him, whereas Antoinette gives us the impression that this is all she ever wanted, and understands her surroundings.
But to understand her surroundings, she must know the past, the history of the Caribbean, something that Rochester does not seem to be acquainted to. The husband wants to try to discover the history, but he is too blinded by his own, one of a "superior" Englishman. As he walks in the forest, he does not look at the tress on the side, but instead only looks forward. He fails to see what is going on around him, and focuses on his selfish goals. This symbolizes the white man using black people as slaves, without seeing the consequences on the black people, only what good the owners can extract from them. Rochester notices very tall trees growing around the ruins, yet does not interpret it as a new civilization that rose from a destroyed past. We can say that Rochester can see but he is blind, because he does not pay attention to what the landscape is trying to tell him, as with the orange tree. "Under the orange tree I noticed little bunches of flowers tied with grass."(87) Maybe this means that the white man, the orange tree, still dominates the black people, the flowers, but only because they are tied down with something like grass, which could symbolize money in the modern day because of the green colour.
Wide Sargasso Sea Set in Jamaica during the 1930's, Wide Sargasso Sea is the story of Antoinette Bertha Cosway, a beautiful Creole heiress living on a decaying plantation. ... Wide Sargasso Sea ends in England, where Antoinette is trapped in her husband's attic. ...
In Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys has written a prequel to Jane Eyre. ... For Wide Sargasso Sea, it is narrated by different point of views, the reader cannot be certain which characters are good or bad, it allows the readers to form an opinion toward characters by themselves like modern world view. ... Lastly, it discusses about how convincing Wide Sargasso Sea is as a prequel story for Jane Eyre. ... In Wide Sargasso Sea, there is no power of women to rise above the oppression of her gender. ...
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. ...
The Massacre of a Young Soul There's a whisper beneath the text of "Wide Sargasso Sea. ... "Wide Sargasso Sea" is not merely a creation of the history of Bertha Rochester; moreover it addresses the social injustices of woman, slavery, and colonialism. Rhys intertwines a strong message within this story and uses the soft essence of a whisper to reveal the dynamic struggle of how the intertwining of lives and people of different culture and different domain can strangle a person as surely as the seaweed that floats in the deep shadows of the wide sea. ... Luttrell who "swam out to se...
The novel "Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys is the story of Antoinette Cosway's life. She is a Creole girl growing up on a decaying plantation in Jamaica. When she gets older, she is married to the second son of a noble English family and he takes her with him to England, away from the place whe...
Jean Rhys" novel Wide Sargasso Sea is a text that explores the concept of madness. It does this from many angles, including exploring the following questions: What is madness? Who gets to define madness? What does madness depend on? The characters that will be analysed in order to understand the...
Yet the quest for freedom entails winning over possession, something that is portrayed in Wide Sargasso Sea and The Awakening. ... In the same aspect, Antoinette was also faced with this daunting task in Wide Sargasso Sea. ... On the other hand, the reader is also shown Antoinette's inner mental conflicts in Wide Sargasso Sea. ... Because the power of possession is undoubtedly a major part of both The Awakening and Wide Sargasso Sea, the desire for freedom is also a significant factor in this. ... As for Edna, she frees herself by drowning herself in the sea. ...
