Jean Rhys Essays

Sargasso Sea, being a novel written to provide possible fulfillment to gaps left in the novel Jane Eyre, also may have provided the reader with a different angle to view some of the characters in, especially Mr. Rochester. Wide Sargasso Sea, written by Jean Rhys, was published 100 years after the novel Jane Eyre and although never named, Rochester’s past is narrated and provides some explanation. In Charlotte Bronte’s novel Jane Eyre, Mr. Rochester is portrayed as a man who struggles with his past and is

“If I was bound to hell let it be hell. No more false heavens. No more damned magic. You hate me and I hate you. We’ll see who hates best (Rhys, p. 170). In the highly revered novel “The Wide Sargasso Sea”, the author Jean Rhys, attempts to illustrate the prevalence of ingrained racism, sexism and white male despotism through a story of lust and tragedy. Likewise, set on a post-Emancipation Proclamation plantation in Jamaica, the audience is initially introduced to the young daughter of the ex-owner

Markandaya Kamala, the author of the book Nectar in a Sieve, is an Indian woman that expresses the struggles of colonial India in her book. Kamala's tone and diction described the pain the characters endured. The protagonist, Rukmani, endured her pain with her understanding and kind husband. Rukmani fought her own type of battles with hope and continued fighting. With Rukmani's hope came the fear of losing her children, not being able to survive and not having a roof over her family's head. Therefore

[the old waiter] as well as many of Hemingway’s other fictional heroes discover that by not thinking they can avoid the emotional pain associated with those thoughts” (1996:203); that is why the man needs a café open late at night. “A Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” is described as a tale which definitely questions morality. There is Francis who is actually the weakest from the characters. His wife is the one who want to dictate rules. Their marriage is a perfect example of a relation-ship

In Alistair MacLeod’s “The Boat,” the narrator presents a story that highlights the ever-changing lives of Atlantic Canadians. “The Boat” displays a loss of culture and tradition within a small community family with all of the narrator’s siblings, including him, eventually moving away to pursue a more prosperous life with better opportunities. The passage analyzed in “The Boat” provides a description of the narrator’s father’s room where he spends the majority of his time when not on the water. The

Celia Rees: PIRATES! The author of the book (Pirates!) is Celia Rees. Pirates! is a novel, which includes elements of romance and mostly adventure. WHERE AND WHEN DOES IT TAKE PLACE? The story takes place in Bristol (England), Bath (England), Jamaica, Caribean sea and on the Atlantic ocean in the years between around 1700 and 1724. WHO ARE THE MAIN CHARACTERS AND WHAT ARE THEY LIKE?  Nancy Kington – She was a daughter of a wealthy merchant Ned Kington. Since she was little she was always a

‘British literature through the first half of the nineteenth century was written in the shadow of the French Revolution, with its promise of liberation and its “Reign of Terror.” The Romantic poets championed the rebel - even if it happened to be Satan - in several their works’ (topics). Charlotte Brontë was a writer her entire life and published her first novel, Jane Eyre, in 1847. Even though there was controversial criticism of society's treatment of impoverished women, the book was a success

Ibsen is believed to be the “master” of symbolism. (Styan, 1981). In Hedda Gabler, Ibsen uses symbolism to portray the internal chaos and disorder of his protagonist. Ibsen often deals with the conflict with the internal self. (Watson, 1983) Ibsen gives a new, symbolic and deeper meaning to ordinary objects such as a room, fire, the manuscript, Thea’s hair and the pistol. Each of these objects signifies a different element of Hedda’s character. Styan discusses how these symbols are integrated with

both misjudged and had no intentions of hurting anyone, yet they both got hurt. The mockingbirds can be used to represent innocence, and several characters can be represented as mockingbirds that have been killed such as Jeremy “Jem” Atticus Finch, Jean Louise “Scout” Finch, Tom Robinson, Arthur “Boo” Radley, and Charles

"I Have the Right To" by Chessy Prout is a compelling memoir that sheds light on the issue of sexual assault and its aftermath. Chessy Prout, a survivor herself, recounts her personal journey with courage and resilience. This evaluation essay aims to discuss the positive aspects of the book, highlighting its empowering message, while also acknowledging its shortcomings, particularly in terms of depth and perspective. Despite its limitations, "I Have the Right To" succeeds in creating awareness, providing

The gender roles of Jane Austen’s time, and the mirroring of them in Persuasion, are good examples of how hard it can be to resist inequality amongst sexes. Gender inequality is a social issue that recurs throughout the novel. Most of the characters that face gender inequality comply with their oppression. Moreover, the characters that are oppressed by gender inequality have come to expect such injustice. Jane Austen’s Persuasion demonstrates true-to-life examples of how both women and men accept

This article analyzes the ecocritical insights in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Cake (2003). The main analysis will mainly concentrate on the appropriation of natural elements in the novel. This appropriation includes the anthropomorphic qualities inserted into the novel’s textual fabric. The anthropomorphic features are the human qualities or characteristics given to animals and inanimate things. I will focus on how the anthropomorphic features help us to understand the function of nature in ecocritical

The poem The natural and urban worlds portrays the difference between the natural and urban environments, especially criticizing the urban world. I was inspired to write this poem because I was walking in a park and noticed how the lushious green vegetation creates a completely different psychological environment. Therefore, in my poem, I tried to represent this by describing the natural environment positively while describing the urban environment both positively and negatively. Literally, this

Literary theory is a new way of looking at everything surrounding us. It frees society from what enslaves it. This essay will elaborate upon how literary theory has enabled readers to have a different notion of the texts they read and their surroundings. I will use the works of Rolland Barthes, The Death of the Author (1967) and Bakhtin, Discourse in the Novel (1975) and feminism more specifically Simone de Beauvoir and part of her book The second Sex (1949) where she talks about woman being the

t Lucy’s Home for Girls is a safe haven for werewolf girls to learn how to change into better humans through a curriculum taught by the home’s nuns. Claudette, a student at St Lucy's Home For Girls, follows the nun’s curriculum closely, but sometimes she strays from it. This short story written by Karen Russell follows three werewolf girls as they learn about and adapt to their new way of living as humans, all of them heading in separate directions. In the beginning of Claudette’s journey, everything

Analysis of “The Demon Lover” Reliving a past experience can often cause someone to have a relapse of those exact emotions of feelings. Elizabeth Bowen often uses her own life experiences throughout her work. Bowen often portrays herself as the main character. Bowen gives her readers a chance to read little bit and pieces of how her life was during the Blitz and World War II. In the short story “The Demon Lover” Elizabeth Bowen uses internal conflict to portray the effects of war.Mrs. Drover through

Desperation can fuel a false sense of love when people think they will not find anyone else to love, leaving them susceptible to others taking advantage. In William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest, the prince of Naples, Ferdinand, finds himself shipwrecked on an island where he meets Miranda and Prospero. While he and Miranda fall in love, Prospero carries out his plan for revenge against his rival Alonso, Ferdinand’s father and King of Naples. Miranda and Ferdinand believe they fall in love-at-first-sight

Question 1: Ideology - a set of beliefs. Ideas that come to a concrete form through practise. Class ideology the most associated with the Victorian period which was always in the making and open to dispute. Class, Gender and feminism – Class was defined as a group relation to the means of production, the share of wealth created through work. Three main classes, upper, middle and working class. Class seemed to create boundaries and formed hierarchies in the Victorian era. When it came to gender men

Jane Eyre is about a woman who was raised by her aunt, Mrs. Reed, who is unrelated. Her childhood was of abuse and mistreatment by Mrs. Reed and her children. She found no comfort in this home and was falsely accused of being a child miscreant. Therefore, Mrs. Reed decided to send her to the Lowood Institute, a boarding school for girls. Jane arrives at the Lowood Institute and meets her friend Helen Burns and a kind teacher Miss Temple. However, she is treated badly at the institute as well, and

1. Joy changes her name to “Hulga” because she is acting in an act of rebellion to her mother. She knows her mother’s wants her to have a really pretty name and “Hulga” is the ugliest name Joy could think of that her mom will hate. Mrs. Hopewell is for sure that Hulga looked for that name until she finally found the ugliest name she could think of and after that Joy legalized it so it would be for sure certain. Hulga’s poor health keeps her at her home all the time. Hulga wants to leave home and