wide sargasso sea
‘How does Jean Rhys give the reader a nascent impression of isolation and madness in the opening pages of the ‘wide Sargasso sea’?’
In the opening of the ‘wide Sargasso sea’, Jean Rhys automatically gives the reader a nascent impression of isolation and madness. This quote, ‘too young for him they thought’, foreshadows the isolation of the family from the society, it clearly shows that Antoinette’s family are segregated. The quote ‘one calm evening he shot his dog, swam out to sea and was gone forever’, tells us the extent of madness and insanity of the characters in this book. Jean Rhys might have made the character, Mr Luttrell do something so demented on the first page to inform the reader that there are more berserk scenes to come.
At the end of page one, the quote ‘and no one came near us’ clearly tells the reader that this family was isolated and isolation can be driven to madness. This is what Jean Rhys is trying to tell us in different format. On the second page the quote ‘Now we are marooned’, tells us that Antoinette and her mother are on an island, middle of nowhere where you can be driven to madness. John Rhys has used the word ‘marooned’, to tell us that Antoinette and her family are fugitive black slaves who are segregated from the rest of the society on the island which deepens the family’s isolation.
On page 17 the quote, ‘She had a clear view to the sea’, shows the sign of madness as Antoinette’s mother is looking out to the sea, This could be because her mother is waiting for her dead husband o come back. Jean Rhys could link this to the olden days when sailor’s wives looked out to sea waiting for their husbands to come back. The quote, ‘her eyes shut and her hands clenched’, suggests us that Antoinette’s mother isolating herself from reality creating a barrier, emphasising her sense of isolation. John Rhys uses different techniques in her writing, such as tiricolons on this quote, ‘Calmly, Coldly, without a world’, to make us think of why
In the opening of the ‘wide Sargasso sea’, Jean Rhys automatically gives the reader a nascent impression of isolation and madness. This quote, ‘too young for him they thought’, foreshadows the isolation of the family from the society, it clearly shows that Antoinette’s family are segregated. The quote ‘one calm evening he shot his dog, swam out to sea and was gone forever’, tells us the extent of madness and insanity of the characters in this book. Jean Rhys might have made the character, Mr Luttrell do something so demented on the first page to inform the reader that there are more berserk scenes to come.
At the end of page one, the quote ‘and no one came near us’ clearly tells the reader that this family was isolated and isolation can be driven to madness. This is what Jean Rhys is trying to tell us in different format. On the second page the quote ‘Now we are marooned’, tells us that Antoinette and her mother are on an island, middle of nowhere where you can be driven to madness. John Rhys has used the word ‘marooned’, to tell us that Antoinette and her family are fugitive black slaves who are segregated from the rest of the society on the island which deepens the family’s isolation.
On page 17 the quote, ‘She had a clear view to the sea’, shows the sign of madness as Antoinette’s mother is looking out to the sea, This could be because her mother is waiting for her dead husband o come back. Jean Rhys could link this to the olden days when sailor’s wives looked out to sea waiting for their husbands to come back. The quote, ‘her eyes shut and her hands clenched’, suggests us that Antoinette’s mother isolating herself from reality creating a barrier, emphasising her sense of isolation. John Rhys uses different techniques in her writing, such as tiricolons on this quote, ‘Calmly, Coldly, without a world’, to make us think of why