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Imperialist influences in "Wide Sargasso Sea", 2002.
This paper explores the concepts of imperialism and colonialism in "Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys.
1,458 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 34.95
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Jean Rhys?s novel, "Wide Sargasso Sea" can be interpreted as an unflattering account of colonialism in the Caribbean in a time when racial relations were at their worst. The writer demonstrates how the effects of imperialism can victimize one person as they are a source of power to another.
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"Antoinette can be viewed in the text as a casualty of the effect of imperialism. The Rochester figure of the text refers to her the lunatic he is tied to for life, but under different circumstances she may not have been a lunatic at all. Her unstable upbringing on the derelict property Coulibri was filled with threats and doubts; both her mother and the community reject her. Antoinette has grown up knowing that she, just like her mother, is a social outcast. To the recently freed Jamaicans her white skin and slave holding family are a reminder of slavery in the past, to them she is the ?white cockroach?. To English society of the time she is a ?white nigger?, having the physical features of ?any pretty English girl? but in growing up in Jamaica has acquired characteristics and behaviour of the Caribbean persona. Antoinette seems to be left without love from the two people she needed it from most, her mother and her husband. These factors, many of which can be accounted for due to racial tension within the region, have led to her insecurities and behaviour that entice Rochester into concluding that Antoinette is mad like her Mother before her."
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Antoinette in Jean Rhys's "Wide Sargasso Sea", 2001.
A close analysis and exploration of the Antoinette character in Jean Rhys?s "Wide Sargasso Sea".
1,240 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 3 sources, £ 29.95
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This paper analyzes and explores the character of Antoinette Jean Rhys?s "Wide Sargasso Sea". The paper attempts to examine her role as a woman, a native of the Caribbean, and a wife.
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"Jean Rhys?s Wide Sargasso Sea tells the story of a woman who most readers are familiar with, but know very little about. Antoinette is better known to most as ?Rochester?s mad wife,? from Jane Eyre, a portrayal that is slightly less than three dimensional and, as she is nowhere near being the story?s main character, gives little in the way of deep characterization. Rhys picked up the character and gave her a backstory, a history that helps us better understand her ?madness? and, in general, who she is. Rhys? Antoinette is fully fleshed out, and through examining her text, Antoinette?s madness in Eyre and the latter portion of Wide Sargasso Sea is easier to rationalize. "
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?Wide Sargasso Sea?, 2002.
A look at the literary tone and technique in Jean Rhys' novel, "Wide Sargasso Sea".
1,918 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 43.95
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This essay focuses on the structral issues of ?Wide Sargasso Sea? by Jean Rhys. It examines Rhys' use of a narrative voice which switches in three main shifts from the characters Antoinette to Rochester and back to Antoinette. The paper also addresses the issues of character identity through the narrative voice.
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"Jean Rhys?s Wide Sargasso Sea attempts to answer the vast array of questions regarding the inconclusive past of Bertha, the ?madwoman in the attic? or Antoinette, a character originating from a partial role in Charlotte Bronte?s Jane Eyre. While Rhys has essentially written a fictional biography of the character of Antoinette, she has presented an unfamiliar narrative voice to reveal Antoinette?s story. Rhys introduces the otherwise indefinite past of Antoinette through a set of narrative voices which exemplify the duel, or power struggle, between Antoinette and her husband Rochester. By switching the narrative voice with three major shifts, from Antoinette to Rochester and back to Antoinette, Rhys has established the personality and ultimate fate, pre-determined by Jane Eyre, of each character to be exemplified and exaggerated."
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"Jane Eyre" and "Wide Sargasso Sea", 2000.
A review of the significant similarities and differences between Charlotte Bronte's novel, "Jane Eyre" and Jean Rhys' novel, "Wide Sargasso Sea."
1,256 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 29.95
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This paper compares the similarities and differences of the two novels, "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte and "Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys. The paper focuses on the heroines of both works and shows how they are depicted throughout the novels. The paper provides many quotes from the two novels to illustrate the points that it makes.
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"There are many similarities between the two heroines. In a way, Bertha is Jane's dark double and at the same time her antipode. When Jane was a child, locked into the Red Room at Gateshead, she was like an animal, howling and mad. Is this not Bertha now? On their first encounter Mr Rochester called Jane "a malicious elf" and accused her of downing his horse. Speaking of Bertha, he compares her to a goblin, half dream, half reality. Even Jane sees Bertha as her double. When Bertha comes into Jane's room and puts on the wedding veil, Jane sees her features in the mirror and sees them, as they were her own. This mirror, this looking-glass, as referred to in Wide Sargasso Sea, is an important object appearing throughout Jean Rhys's novel."
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Rochester in "Jane Eyre" and "Wide Sargasso Sea", 2004.
This paper reviews the novels "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte and "Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys and examines how the issue of madness surfaces in these novels.
1,356 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 33.95
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The paper explores how the issue of madness surfaces in the novels "Jane Eyre" and "Wide Sargasso Sea" to illuminate the character of Rochester in each story. The paper includes the narrative context of each novel and focuses on the theme of madness.
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"The purpose of this research is to examine Rochester's perceptions and behavior vis a vis the madness of Bertha Antoinette in "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte and "Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys and how those reactions contribute to the post colonial rereading of a Victorian imperialist text."
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"Wide Sargasso Sea", 2005.
A review of Jean Rhys's novel, "Wild Sargasso Sea".
2,068 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 0 sources, £ 46.95
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Through a close examination of Antoinette's cultural and spiritual identity, not to mention her more personal circumstances, including her relationship with her mother and her husband, this paper attempts to highlight the fact that "Wild Sargasso Sea" is not simply an entertaining and moving story, but one which contains very critical and insightful truths about human prejudices and the consequences of those prejudices upon those that are oppressed.
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"Although Rhys does criticize the attitude of the white Creole society towards both the Jamaicans, as represented in the various servant characters, and Jamaican culture, as represented by Antoinette, she is equally critical of the Jamaicans themselves. Both groups, although having lived together for decades, are unable to accept the other. For instance, the Jamaicans refer to Antoinette as "a white cockroach." Furthermore, they do not just stop at racial insults but descend into violent behaviour. Quite simply stated, racial hatred leads to the burning of the house, an event which completes Annette's total mental breakdown and adds to Antoinette's own descent into madness."
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Madness and Sexuality in Jean Rhys' "Wide Sargasso Sea", 2000.
1,200 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 5 sources, £ 29.95
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This essay on "The Wide Sargasso Sea", (a prequel) to Bronte?s Jane Eyre, explores the inter-dependence of madness and sexuality. The importance of the place of the ?woman? as prone to madness and how feminism affects our interpretations of an individuals actions and desires is also explored.
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Bronte's "Jane Erye" and Rhys' "Wild Sargasso Sea", 2002.
An analysis and comparison of Charlotte Bronte's novel "Jane Eyre" with that of Jean Rhys, entitled "Wild Sargasso Sea". The paper focuses on the character of Bertha Antoinetta Mason, who features in both works.
1,860 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 41.95
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The paper begins with a character study of Bertha Mason, who appears in both novels. Her role and capabilities in the two novels are compared and the paper discusses how Rhys' novel is in some ways a revision of Bronte's work. The language, speech, thought and genre in the two novels are compared, and the differences in settings are highlighted. The difference in perspective (English vs. Colonial) in the novels is discussed and Rochester's reaction to his wife in each novel is studied. The paper supports its claims with quotes from the novels and concludes by summing up the similarities and differences between the works.
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"Bertha Antoinetta Mason is an interesting character, who plays a relatively minor role in "Jane Eyre," but a major role in Jane's fate. It is easy to see why Rhys decided to resurrect her and tell her story, because even though she only appears a few times in the novel, she is a fascinating character. Bertha is the mad wife of Mr. Rochester, Jane's love. He married Mason without knowing her family's roots in madness."
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Wide Open Spaces, 2006.
A review of the novel "Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys.
1,700 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 39.95
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This paper studies the Jean Rhys' novel "Wide Sargasso Sea", about Antoinette and her family at Coulibri Estate. The author of this paper attempts to understand the novel from the perspective of defining and confining space, which proscribes any possibility of escape, change or hope. The paper shows how this definition of space limits not only what the characters within Rhys' novel can do but also what Rhys herself can accomplish with the novel. Quoting lines from the book, the paper emphasizes that even with the novel's proscribed narrative framework, Rhys attempts to push the boundaries. Through an analysis of the main character Antoinette's emotions and actions, this paper further concludes that she essentially becomes controlled by the very space that she seeks to fill.
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"Even with the very first sentence of the novel, Rhys presents an idea of the space enclosing the characters, "They say when trouble comes close ranks" (17). Immediately we are given a figurative idea of how trapped and enclosed Antoinette and her family are within their own land. Despite the literal space that surrounds Antoinette and her family at Coulibri Estate, they become more and more enclosed and controlled by the wild growth of the garden, the animosity of the freed slaves, and their own poverty. The dynamic between the literal size of the estate and the emotional distance between Antoinette and her mother, exacerbates the lack of control and the sense of inevitability that the characters have."
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Two Literary Peas in a Pod: Jane and Antoinette, 2003.
This paper looks at Charlotte Bronte's 'Jane Eyre' and Jean Rhys's 'Wide Sargasso Sea' and discusses two literary peas in a pod, with regard to Jane and Antoinette.
4,700 words (approx. 18.8 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 85.95
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In this article, the writer notes that while Charlotte Bronte wrote her novel 'Jane Eyre' in 1847 and Jean Rhys wrote her novel 'Wide Sargasso Sea in 1966', they contain major similarities: the latter book being written as a prequel to Jane Eyre. The writer discusses that the most profound similarities arise between the two main characters, Jane in 'Jane Eyre' and Antoinette in 'Wide Sargasso Sea'. The writer also discusses that both characters suffer major losses in early childhood; in addition, they are isolated and oppressed by the patriarchal society in which they exist. The writer concludes that 'Jane Eyre' and 'Wide Sargasso Sea' are two works from the same foundation. They compliment each other in a unique way, especially with regards to the characters Jane and Antoinette.
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"In her short existence, Jane has lost many things dear to her.
"Just as Jane suffers from major losses in her childhood, so does Antoinette in Wide Sargasso Sea. Early on in her life, Antoinette lost her father. Mr. Cosway was a rich man who owned Coulibri Estates- the plantation in the Caribbean Islands where Antoinette lived with her mother, father, brother and slaves. This existence would not last after slavery was abolished; the farm went to ruin. Consequently, Cosway became an alcoholic, began having sexual relationships with his ex-slaves, and died in a drunken frenzy."
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Gilman and Rhy's Similarities, 2002.
Similarities between Charlotte Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" and Jean Rhys's "Wide Sargasso Sea".
3,902 words (approx. 15.6 pages), 12 sources, MLA, £ 75.95
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Charlotte Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" and Jean Rhys's "Wide Sargasso Sea" are stories about women's tragic lives in the late 19th and mid 20th centuries. This paper explain how these two stories contain many similarities. In the novel, "Wide Sargasso Sea," the main character, Rochester, drives his wife to insanity. Similarly, in the short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper," John drives his wife insane. It also shows how, in addition, both women are isolated, oppressed, and ignored.
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"The entire black society wants the family to suffer, knowing that Antoinette's father died and the farm went to ruin. After her father's death, they understand that the family lost male strength and thus, they turned against Antoinette, her mother, and her little brother. Her mother, Annette, still young and beautiful, tries to survive and remarries a wealthy man, Mr. Mason. This act does not diminish the community's hatred. Eventually, they force the family out of town by setting fire to the house. With sadness and horror, Antoinette says, "Nothing would be left, the golden ferns and the silver ferns, the orchids and the honeysuckle, and the picture of the Miller's daughter" (Rhys 27). When the family tries to get away, the black society mocks her family by saying: "Look, the white niggers! Look the damn white niggers" (Rhys 27). Antoinette watches her house burn to the ground and then suddenly, she notices her friend, Tia, among a crowd of slaves. Instead of running away from them, Antoinette runs toward them but Tia hits her with a stone:"
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Loss, Nostalgia and Remembrance, 2008.
This paper compares three novels; "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, "Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys and "Breath, Eyes, Memory" by Edwidge Danticat.
2,087 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 46.95
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The paper explains how "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, "Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys and "Breath, Eyes, Memory" by Edwidge Danticat all present themes of loss, nostalgia and remembrance. The paper discusses how all three authors have offered powerful lessons about the function of loss, nostalgia and remembrance, not only in terms of how they influence individuals and families, but how they influence society as well.
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"In One Hundred Years of Solitude's surreal but fascinating story of a small village in Columbia, Gabriel Garcia Marquez presents a powerful theme revolving around a family whose members, despite their material prosperity and superficial happiness, ultimately stand alone in life. Through magic realism, Marquez explores the postcolonial world
of 20th century Latin America and the Caribbean and demonstrates how forgetfulness, loss, human remorse, fear, pride, and submission lead to solitary lives and solitary deaths. He emphasizes that even though relationships can be flawed and painful, unless we live a life of emotional bonding with other people we will not have lived at all and will be remembered by no one. It is love more than anything else that must be remembered and cherished, for life has no meaning without love."
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Society's View of Women as Reflected in Three Novels, 2002.
Examines Graham Greene's "The End of the Affair", D.H. Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lover" and Jean Rhys' "Wide Sargasso Sea."
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, £ 33.95
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Examines Graham Greene's THE END OF THE AFFAIR, D.H. Lawrence's LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER & Jean Rhys' WIDE SARGASSO SEA. How the novels question the element of gender as based on a false view, limiting men as well as women. Woman & the social order. Discusses plot and characters of the 3 novels to illustrate mixed ideas of sexuality with social class. How the heroines of the 3 novels deal with the demands of nature and the demands of the social order.
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"Novelists reflect the prevailing views of their society, even when they disagree with those ideas. The way society views women can be discerned in the novels The End of the Affair by Graham Greene, Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence, and The Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys. Gender is used as one of many elements that orders society, and when novelists question this element, it is because they believe it is based on a false view of the issue and that it limits both men and women in their interactions and their ability to achieve.
Graham Greene's The End of the Affair is a moral work that elevates life rather than debasing it. The author brings the while forcing the reader to draw conclusions about how people cope with these issues. The primary human concern in the novel is with religious belief, reasons for such belief, and reasons..."
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Love's Masquerade as Enslavement in Beckett and Rhys, 2002.
A comparison between Samuel Beckett?s "Molloy" and "The Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys.
1,501 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 0 sources, £ 34.95
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An examination of "Molloy" and "The Wide Sargasso Sea" shows that mutual obsession and love both simply intensify the sense alienation all individuals experience from their respective societies. Love, rather than a source of connection renders the central characters even more disconnected from their senses of themselves and a larger world. The writer shows that although their plots seem superficially melodramatic, ultimately their purpose is to deflate and deny this source of connection rather than to bolster it.
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"In Molloy, the titular character is a man who has embarked an obsessive journey for his mother. In part II of the novel, a man named Moran, the man whom has been pursuing Molloy with as much dedication as Molloy has been pursuing his own mother attempts to understand the rational behind the protagonist?s actions. The parallels of the quest of Moran for Molloy and Molloy for his mother highlight how a drive for even a positive form of affection is just as debilitating in terms of one?s freedom as the pursuit of a petty bureaucratic official for a supposed criminal. Moran is obsessive, in his pursuit of Molloy, just as Molloy is obsessive in his pursuit of a paternal figure. Molloy?s quest for a sense of connection eventually deteriorates in the isolation of his prison into a fascination with organizing the stones he has kept in his pocket. Moran too deteriorates, becoming increasingly frustrated by his inability to ?understand?, that is to separate his own obsessive nature from Molloy?s obsessive nature."
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