Wide Sargasso Sea
By Jean Rhys
The Main Points
I. Background To The Novel.
II. Jean Rhys The Author.
III. The Techniques.
A. Stream Of Consciousness.
B. Race & Colonialism.
IV.Themes Of The Novel.
Background Info To The Novel
Jean Rhys 1890-1979
the techniques
Stream of
consciousness Race &
Colonialism
Stream of consciousness
• Divided into three parts, each of which is
written as if in a different voice.
Antoinette Rochester Gracepoole
Part one : Antoinette as a narrator Part two: Rochester as a narrator
Race & Colonialism
Rochester, Race And Identity
Jean Rhys exposes the hypocrisy of this position in
various ways.
1 2 3
Antoinette, Women And Slavery
colonialism
Gender
InsanityLove
Race Wide Sargasso
Sea
Easier Themes Guide
Position of
women
Poverty
Motherhood
Rejection
IsolationIdentity
Naming
Secrets
Past and
present
Harder themes
guide:
Madness
Death
FireMagic
Diseases Wide Sargasso
Sea
motifs
Thank You! 
• Alhanouf Fouad Almohammed
• Shaika AlOmar

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