Wide Sargasso Sea Rochester

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  • Created on: 28-04-16 18:33

Personality

Role

  • Controlling "'Of course, on this night of all nights, you must be Bertha.'" page 87
  • Greed "'He inherited everything, but he was a wealthy man before that" - page 115
  • Naive and unaware "'I don't always understand what they say or sing.' Or anything else - pg 64
  • Mysterious - we are never given his last name
  • Manipulative
  • Perverted or Desperate - Sleeps with Amelie
  • Dominant because he's a white male
  • Cruel - "'Stupid little girl' I say" - page 56
  • Uncultured "Everything is too much, I felt as I rode wearily after her. Too much blue, too much purple, too much green" - page 42
  • His role is to show how controlling 19th century men were towards there wives
  • To show how arranged marriages would work in the 19th century
  • To unhinge Antionette

Development (Growth & change)

Other information              

  • He remains an enigma throughout the novel until the end when the setting changes to Thornfield
  • He realises the control he has over Antoinette
  • Marries Antoinette for her money
  • Once he has her money he controls her
  • Is Mr Edward Rochester from Jane Eyre

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