Teacher Guide

Wide Sargasso Sea Lesson Plan

Study Objectives

If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:

  1. 1

    Students will be able to learn about the historical and political context in which Wide Sargasso Sea was written.

  2. 2

    Students will be able to discuss and interpret the motivations of the characters, and what those characters represent.

  3. 3

    Students will be able to consider the novel as a work of post-colonial and feminist literature.

  4. 4

    Students will be able to analyze the novel's themes and motifs.

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