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Coulibri

Coulibri. Ways in which the physical characteristics reflect the state of mind of Antoinette. Deterioration.

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Coulibri

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  1. Coulibri

  2. Ways in which the physical characteristics reflect the state of mind of Antoinette

  3. Deterioration • In Part One, specific settings such as the garden and the pool where Antoinette swims are described idyllically to begin with, but are soon portrayed in a negative light, for example “it had gone wild”. This represents Antoinette’s feelings about the way her childhood has deteriorated over time. It also leads us to believe that she is pessimistic about the future, as she expresses no possibility of the setting of Coulibri improving for her. This is an example of how the tragic events of Antoinette’s childhood aim to foreshadow the future unhappiness that she experiences with Rochester.

  4. Fire • The continuous references to fire in Jane Eyre are also evident in Wide Sargasso Sea. One place where this is evident is when the house is set on fire in part One; “I saw tall flames shooting up to the sky”. The fires that are present throughout the book represent Antoinette’s passion that we recognise throughout the novel. The fire at Coulibri also signifies that Antoinette’s passion has been released, and due to the consequences of the fire, this section also foreshadows future events that are related to Antoinette, and the disaster of her marriage to Rochester.

  5. Ways in which the setting relates to love

  6. Lack of love • Throughout Antoinette’s childhood, she experiences very little love from her family, due to the harsh treatment that is inflicted upon them by the local black people. This point is related to the descriptions that Antoinette gives of certain areas in Coulibri, like the garden, and the descriptions also show us that love has deteriorated throughout her childhood. As well as this, Annette’s condition has worsened, and the relationship between Antoinette and her mother is getting worse as well, because of her madness. “I was afraid of her”.

  7. More misery reflected in the setting • In general, Coulibri is a troubling and unhappy setting for Antoinette, as it reflects her childhood which she evidently does not enjoy. Even though Jean Rhys’s novel creates very little love or happiness for the reader to enjoy, the section that is spent in Coulibri is especially disheartening as Antoinette seems to have lost her happiness and freedom before she grows up and meets Rochester, which is supposedly when her life gets a lot harder and more depressing. “My father, visitors, horses, feeling safe in bed- all belonged to the past”.

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