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Jean Rhys

Wide Sargasso Sea

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

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Essay Topics

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Jean Rhys presents Dominica as a socially stratified society. What other forms of division exist in the book? What do these divisions tell us about nineteenth-century Caribbean societies?

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How does Coulibri Estate operate in the novel both as a real place and as a site of memory where Antoinette revisits her family history and her fears?

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Why do you think that Annette Cosway believes that Christophine has chosen to remain with the Cosway family? Do you agree or disagree with Annette’s assessment? Why or why not?

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