Sunday, March 29, 2009

Wide Sargasso Sea (Pages 133 - 152)

Comments:
Mr. Rochester is treating Antoinette so bad.
She is so hurt that she is closing up.
Christophine is trying to help her but he wants to send her away.
He has no right to do that because if he does then Antoinette will go crazy.
He is so cruel to her and her family.

Questions:
Why is he making Christophine leave?
Does he believe that if he does than that would hurt Antoinette even more?
Does Antoinette even know anything about this?
How come Christophine doesn't say anything to Antoinette?

Vocabulary:
Peculiar -
strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings
Apprehensively - Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy
Hammocks - A hanging, easily swung length of canvas or heavy netting suspended between two trees or other supports and used as a seat or bed


Literary Terms:
Metaphor - "She was sleeping very soundly and quietly but there was awareness in her eyes when she opened them, and after a moment suppressed laughter"
Simile - "I come as quick as I can"

Overview Sentence:
Mr. Rochester is driving Antoinette insane. He wants to hurt her so he wants to make everyone around her leave her.

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