The Representation of Place, Identity and Emotional Complexity in Bronte's Jane Eyre and Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea

Abstract

In this thesis I will concentrate on Charlotte’s Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Jean Rhy’s Wide Sargasso Sea. My aim is to consider the main characters’ development from childhood to womanhood, the representation of the places that female characters occupy or encounter, and 3 I will analyse their attitudes to emotions, identities in a given place and time. I will examine how these elements can be traced between and within the two novels.