Antoinette Cosway in Wide Sargasso Sea
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Antoinette Cosway in *Wide Sargasso Sea* is the complex, psychologically rich Caribbean Creole woman whose life story serves as a postcolonial reimagining of the “madwoman in the attic” from Charlotte Brontë’s *Jane Eyre*.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Antoinette Cosway | 0 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Wide Sargasso Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
colonialism
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creole identity ⓘ displacement ⓘ gender oppression ⓘ madness ⓘ patriarchal control ⓘ postcolonial identity ⓘ racial tension ⓘ slavery’s legacy ⓘ |
| basedOn | Bertha Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | fire at Thornfield Hall ⓘ |
| characterRole | narrator ⓘ |
| createdBy | Jean Rhys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diesBy | suicide ⓘ |
| ethnicity | white Creole ⓘ |
| experiences |
cultural alienation
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marital betrayal ⓘ social isolation ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| guardedBy | Grace Poole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCaretaker | Christophine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFriend | Tia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHalfBrother | Pierre Cosway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHusband | Edward Rochester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMother | Annette Cosway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPsychologicalCondition |
depression
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hallucinations ⓘ mental instability ⓘ |
| hasStepfather | Mr. Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| imprisonedAt | Thornfield Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keptIn | attic of Thornfield Hall ⓘ |
| laterLivesIn |
Dominica
NERFINISHED
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England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| livesAt |
Coulibri Estate
NERFINISHED
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Granbois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | jumping from Thornfield Hall ⓘ |
| marriedTo | Edward Rochester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narratesPartOf | Wide Sargasso Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Creole ⓘ |
| otherName |
Antoinette Mason
NERFINISHED
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Bertha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| raisedIn | Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reimaginesCharacterFrom | Jane Eyre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholic background ⓘ |
| renamedAs | Bertha Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| renamedBy | Edward Rochester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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