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10 Cards in this Set
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Slavery |
Slaves freed by the Emancipation Act however they still have hostility an resentment between servants and white employers Annette particularly aware of this Annette imprisoned in Coulibri after he death of her husband (repeats the word "marooned") Antoinette in her marriage which means she is then dependent on Rochester Bertha physically eventual captivity |
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Racial Identity |
Christophine stands away from the Jamaican servants as she is originally from the French Caribbean island Martinique Mixed Race (Sandi and Daniel Cosway) |
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Madness |
linked with images of heat, fire, and female sexuality madness in Antoinette's inheritance she is rejected and displaced with no one to love her becomes paranoid and solitary insanity in the novel forces the reader to question the recollections the fragmented memory of a madwoman like Antoinette opens up the possibility for alternate stories and imagined realities |
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Decline |
atmosphere of sickness |
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"There is no looking glasshere and I don't know what I am like now." "Now they have taken everything away. What am I doing in this place andwho am I?" |
captivity at Thornfield Hall suggests immediacy of her situation as its in the present tense unable to know what time passes she remains acutely perceptive about her immediate surroundings maintains a understanding that often breaks the surface of her madness e.g. notices the absence of the mirror would have provided reassurance of her existence mirrors show throughout the novel a question of identity (Annette constantly looked at her own reflection) by being put in a mirrorless prison Rochester makes her feel disconnected addition to taking her away her name (taking away her identity and existence) as a child she tried to kiss her reflected image (like she has two parts of cultural identity) wanted to close the gap |
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"I hated the mountains andthe hills, the rivers and the rain" "Above all I hated her."
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Rochester is paranoid (feels like everybody is laughing at him) drives himself to hatred and an irrational need to regain control Turns his anger onto Antoinette and wants to assert his power to gain control His hatred of the landscape shows his inability to commune with it he sees it as alien as the beauty is in excess He uses simple nouns and no description showing how he doesn't want to create a beautiful picture Beauty threatens Rochester like with Antoinette it couple ensnare him Overall shows his need for dominance |
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"After Mr. Mason clipped his wings he grew very badtempered. . . . I opened my eyes, everybodywas looking up and pointing at Coco" "He made an effort to fly down but his clipped wings failed him and hefell screeching. He was all on fire." |
This draws parallels to Antoinette There are many descriptions of dying animals (such as the poisoned horse) prefigure her tragic abandonment and violent death Annette tries to save the parrot shows as a symbol of women's captivity the parrot cannot talk very well showing how women are not given a voice in the society what the parrot says translates to "Who is there?" which shows the paranoia and persecution of identity the parrot repeatedly asserts its own name Mr Mason feels the need to clip its wings shows his need for control as a white English man Antoinette remembers the parrots death in gruesome detail suggesting it influenced her or is foreshadowing her death Antoinette wanted to be free like a tropical bird |
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"He has no right to thatname" "He hates all white people,but he hates me the most." "He tells lies about us and he is sure that you willbelieve him and not listen to the other side" "Is there another side?' I said. 'There is always the other side, always." |
Raises the issue of naming and identity Issue that shows her tragedy Asks him to listen to her story The book promotes an awareness of other versions |
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"How can one discover thetruth, I thought, and that thought led me nowhere." "At the back of the ruins a wild orange tree covered with fruit, theleaves a dark green. A beautiful place." |
Rochester questions his marriage almost immediately on his arrival |
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Role of parent child relationships |
Both characters are rejected by their parents The childhood rejection created a sense of their isolation |
