One huge hurdle that rochester can t seem to overcome is his englishness.
Rochester locking antoinette in attic.
It is in this part of the novel that mr.
The second part is narrated by antoinette and mr.
So how does a man who doesn t seem particularly evil end up living the rough equivalent of five straight seasons of days of our lives.
Antoinette cosway in wide sargasso sea.
In this context rhys is illustrating rochester s desire to gain control of antoinette s assets and then minimalize her until she is branded mad so he can be rid of her which he succeeds in doing in jane eyre by locking her in the attic.
He gets antoinette declared mad and locks her up in his attic.
Rochester s could be that it was mason who had tricked her into marrying rochester.
According to the book antoinette s insanity and drunkenness are the result of rochester s misguided belief that madness is in her blood and that she was part of the scheme to have him married.
Rochester s father and brother have since died leaving him to inherit the family s fortune.
As they travel from massacre to the honeymoon they are caught in a downpour driving rochester antoinette and a half caste servant named amelie to take shelter under a mango tree.
At rochester s home in england the servant grace poole watches over antoinette in the attic.
Even in death bertha is seeking only emancipation that has been snatched away from her by locking her up in the attic.
In a move that symbolizes the influence of white english men over the caribbean people rochester takes ultimate control of antoinette by locking her in attic for the rest of her life.
Adjarian suggests rochester s desire to possess antoinette and prove her insane derives from his exclusion from the secrets of the island that is part of the reason behind rochester s intense wish to possess antoinette even after he has.
Little do they know that antoinette is the ghost to whom they refer.
Antoinette recognizes a black woman named caroline standing outside a hut on the far side of the road.
Rochester and antoinette s marriage takes place and it is where both characters describe their feelings for each other.
He sees antoinette as a source of madness and hopes that by locking her away in england he will be able to put her aside and forget about her.
The third part is once again told mostly by antoinette in england where she is locked away in mr.
In wide sargasso sea bertha mason is portrayed as being a false name for antoinette cosway.
When she begins to lose herself more rochester brings antoinette to his manor in england to stay in the attic.
He sleeps with the maid on his honeymoon with his wife in the next room.
The people who stay in rochester s abode are frightened by a ghost that haunts the manor.
