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by Jean Rhys

Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) is a short but dense literary work that becomes considerably more approachable when given some context. In the words of critic Anne B. Simpson, it is a text that offers "ambiguous and mutually incompatible interpretive possibilities." As such Rhys's work has been…

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Antionette Mason and Jane Eyre

What are the major comparisons between Antionette and Jane? What are their likenesses? What are their dissimilarities?

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Posted By susan m #108993 at Oct 20, 2009 6:42 PM in Wide Sargasso Sea || 1 reply

PLEASE HELP ME WITH MY ASSIGNMENT :(

I have just joined an access course and literature is not really my forte, i have to answer:

Discuss, refering closely to the text of "wide sargasso sea" how Jean Rhys addresses the cutural and social differences between Antoinette and Rochester. Consider how these differences contribute to the failure of their relationship.
Comment on language, theme, narrative vewpoint and the overall text structure.

I am so so stuck, i haven't even atampted to start writing yet and it has to be in by Monday, as do four other Assignments.

PUUHHLEASE HELP ME.

Posted By louise m #108123 at Oct 15, 2009 6:23 AM in Wide Sargasso Sea || 0 replies

reading wide sargasso sea and jane eyre

do you have to read jane eyre in order to understand wide sargasso sea?

Posted By gil h #62856 at Aug 21, 2008 5:59 PM in Wide Sargasso Sea || 2 replies