Answer to Question #196750 in English for Sheldon

Question

list all the female characters in WIDE SARGASSO SEA in order of appearance and describe how each one represented socially, racially and personally?

Answer 1

Female characters in WIDE SARGASSO SEA

Antoinette. The daughter of ex-slave owners and the story's principal character, based on the madwoman Bertha from Charlotte Brontë's gothic novel Jane Eyre. She is represented socially as lonely and very emotional.

Annette

Antoinette's young and beautiful mother. Annette is the second wife first to Alexander Cosway and later to Mr. Mason. She is regarded personally as very beautiful.

Rochester

Antoinette's English husband who, though never named in the novel, narrates at least a third of the story.

Christophine

A servant given to Annette as a wedding present by her first husband, Alexander Cosway. She loyal to both Annette and her daughter, and she exercises an unspoken authority within the household. She is Jamaican.

Aunt Cora

The widow of a prosperous slave owner.  She is caring as she nurtures and cares for Antoinette

Amelie

A young half-caste servant who accompanies Antoinette and her husband to Granbois. Personally, she is lovely and cunning.