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Post by ronaldrajan on Nov 18, 2015 22:28:24 GMT
In the novel “Wide Sargasso Sea” by Jean Rhys, the character Antoinette is the main protagonist who will slowly descend into a madness because she is so confined I her mind and in a physical sense. Antoinette’s views on religion are somewhat ambiguous. We can see that she is struggling with her faith when Annette dies, someone Antoinette is very close with. Annette dies and Antoinette does not feel much comfort from god like Jane Eyre would feel after her best friend Helen dies. This could be because she was neglected as a child so she never actually had a religious role model to try and mimic, and also if the people who had neglected her as a child were religious, then Antoinette may have rejected god to try and be as separated from them as she could.
Antoinette also has a more negative view of the world than Jane. This is seen when Antoinette calls everyone as powerless as moths and then she flicks one off of a table. These actions can contribute to why she is not a religious person because she has such a harsh perception of reality that she won’t be able to see any good, such as a god, therefore in her mind there is no god.
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Post by jzhangx3 on Nov 18, 2015 23:35:33 GMT
How do you think the plot line of Jane Eyre and of Wide Sargasso Sea would have changed if Antoinette believed in God and Jane Eyre thought the world was godless? To Antoinette right now, religion does not help her get out of her bad situation, whereas Jane looks to religion for comfort and advice into her actions.
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Post by annej on Nov 19, 2015 22:32:24 GMT
Jen, as Ronald mentioned, I feel as though religion plays a huge role in the development of both Jane and Antoinette. The events that took place after Jane witnessed Helen's death lead me to believe that if Antoinette did have any friends or guardians that taught her about religion or helped her to acquire any sort of belief in God, she would have felt as though she had more of a purpose in this world. She would have been able to gain the strength needed to stick up for herself and lead a more happy lifestyle, just like Jane did. On the other hand, if Jane thought the world was godless, I feel that she would be sent down a similar path that Antoinette went through. She would spend her life feeling helpless and she would not have made any efforts to be who she wanted to be, not who everyone else wanted her to be. If she was having any troubles she would have to keep all of her emotions bottled up inside of her, with no one to help her through her problems, or like you said, give her comfort.
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Post by g00dva1b5 on Nov 22, 2015 4:08:47 GMT
I agree with Anne. I also think that the characters of Jane and Antoinette would be reversed if Antoinette believed in God and Jane saw the world as godless. Furthermore, I think the specific moment at which a lack of faith in God for Jane would have proven costly would have been the moments after the discovery of Bertha Mason. If it were not for her religion and morals, then Jane may have married Mr. Rochester when he was more powerful than her, leading to a life in which Jane would be unhappy and unequal to the more dominant Mr. Rochester. Also, even if Jane ended up leaving Thornfield, she would not have survived without her powerful faith since she ended up leaving her fate in God's hands, who ended up saving her with the arrival of St. John.
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Post by laurendean on Nov 23, 2015 2:27:10 GMT
I think a lot would of changed if Jane didn't follow her morals and religion. Like i said in my thread, i feel like she could of followed Bertha's fate if she didn't leave Thorn field. Do you think if Annette had religious beliefs and morals and told them to Antoinette before she died if that would of affected her differently? Or do you think she would of went crazy anyways?
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