Sunday, March 29, 2009

Wide Sargasso Sea (Pages 171 - 189)

Comments:
She finally is in England.
Mr. Rochester doesn't even see her a lot.
She doesn't seem happy that she is in England.
People over there aren't nice to her.
She's all alone over there.

Questions:
Where is Mr. Rochester?
Did he leave her there by herself?
Why doesn't she believe that they are in England?
Does she miss Jamaica?

Vocabulary:
Smoulders -
To burn with little smoke and no flame
Porthole - round, windowlike opening with a hinged, watertight glass cover in the side of a vessel for admitting air and light
Magdalene -
a reformed prostitute

Literary Terms:
Metaphor - "A ghost in the grey daylight"
Simile - "he looked at me and spoke to me as though I were a stranger"

Overview Sentence:
Antoinette is finally in England and Mr. Rochester doesn't see her much because he doesn't even try.




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