Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Wide Sargasso Sea (pages 57 - 76)

Comments:
Antoinette must have been sad that her mother had passed away.
So in part two Antoinette wasn't the one talking.
They are leaving Spanish Town.
Antoinette must have really wanted to go to England.
Everything must have been hard for her.

Questions:
Why wouldn't anyone tell Antoinette how her mother died?
How come she didn't ask about it'?
Why was Antoinette husband so nervous?
Does he even know her that well that he would go an marry her?

Vocabulary:
Malignant -
disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred
Veranda - chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a large, open porch, usually roofed and partly enclosed, as by a railing, often extending across the front and sides of a house; gallery
Dignified - characterized or marked by dignity of aspect or manner; stately; decorous


Literary Terms:
Simile - "You look like a kin, an emperor
Metaphor - "Shrill and sweet a very long sound"

Overview Sentence:
Antoinette's mother had passed away and he married a man that she did not know that well.

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