Abstract
Wide Sargasso Sea is the masterpiece of British woman writer Jean Rhys. This novel is regarded as prequel of Jane Eyre. Antoinette is the heroine of the novel, who has a tragic fate which arises great sympathy among readers. The aim of this paper is to explore the causes that lead to her death, through analyzing the social context of her life, her growing family environment as well as her personal life path.
Highlights
Jean Rhys (1890-1979) is a contemporary British writer, born in Caribbean
We are immediately made nervous by this new name, do we sense Rochester’s impending erasure of Antoinette, but we associate the name Bertha with the madwoman he will lock up in the attic of Thorn field Hall. He was willing to get married to Antoinette with a purpose that he could possess her 3 thousand pounds left by her stepfather
People are often beyond the control of the fate of their own, especially for a woman who was born in the declined slave-owning family
Summary
Jean Rhys (1890-1979) is a contemporary British writer, born in Caribbean. Her father was a Welsh doctor and her mother a white Creole—a white West Indian. Love turns quickly into business arrangements, with women inevitably dependent on men To some extent, her novels are the portrayal of her own life. Antoinette is Rochester’s mad wife, who is grown in the West Indies in the 19th century Her father died when she was young. Falling into despair, she had alcoholism and became numb Later, she was brought back to Britain by Rochester and imprisoned as a madman in the attic of Thornfield. Her nervous thoroughly collapsed, and she set fire to the house and ended her life
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