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WSS CriticsThomas F. Staley - answer ‘Rhys’s material use of historical and literary background
enhances her exploration of human frailty and motivation.'
Thomas F. Staley - answer ‘She combines these with aspects and themes so
characteristic of literary modernism, namely the emphasis on psychology, sexual
motivation and human alienation.'
Thomas F. Staley - answer ‘The sympathy and hatred that Antoinette feels for the
blacks is so basically different to Edward's comprehension that it epitomizes the young
couple's vast cultural separation'
Thomas F. Staley - answer ‘By drawing attention to the cultural and historical forces and
events that surround her, we are made aware of the violence, disruption and tragedy
that mark her life.'
Thomas F. Staley - answer ‘her attraction to the wild and exotic confirms her affinity; it
ties her irrevocably to this land, in spite of her hostility to it and it to her.'
Angela Smith - answer'WSS is the unspeakable story of human beings claiming without
pity, to own each other, in slavery, marriage or parenthood'
Claire Armistead - answer'This isn't simply a prequel but a deeply political novel in its
own right, in which names echo with a traumatic history that can barely be remembered,
let alone mentioned'
Sherry Lewkowicz - answer'This narrative structure skews ideals of imperialism (and
therefore patriarchy) by challenging concepts of narrative authority, particularly of a
white male authority, as Rochester is inserted in between Antoinette's two accounts'
Sherry Lewkowicz - answer'(Antoinette) is ignored by almost all but Josephine and has
little interaction with others, which arrests the development of her sense of identity.'
Sherry Lewkowicz - answer'Antoinette represents a particularly modernist perspective
on the suffering of women: the abstract sense of nothingness Antoinette experiences is
so much worse than the concrete and real suffering Jane endures'
Maggie Humm - answer'All women characters in Rhys's fictions are mercilessly
exposed to the financial and gendered constraints of an imperial world'
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