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Is there more than one primary theme (or thesis) in "Wide Sargasso Sea"?

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Posted by audeen3 on Sunday November 11, 2007 at 10:33 AM and tagged with themes, thesis, wide sargasso sea.

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  1. sagetrieb Teacher
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    Yes, an author might argue several points in a piece of literature. In Wide Sargasso Sea Rhys makes three related arguments: colonial relationships are informed by a power structure that oppresses the colonized country; patriarchal relationship between men and women embody a power structure that oppresses women; there is a relationship between colonialism and patriarchalism. In this way, Rhys interrogates the subplot of Rochester and his “crazy wife” that he keeps hidden in the attic.

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    Posted by sagetrieb on Sunday November 11, 2007 at 11:13 AM