Reinventions Further Reading

• o   Rhys suggests that human identity might be determined by the politics of imperialism.
• o   Texts do not subvert imperialism. All texts are driven by a hidden motivation to support the existing “imperialist project” which was “England’s social mission”.
• o   WSS reinvents/follows Jane Eyre’s existing tradition.

o The relationship between complicity and resistance in feminism and post-colonialism.

Antoinette embraces Englishness and racism at times.

o Zombie metaphor

o Colonial exploitation of slaves analogy

o Hard labour under another’s control

o Zombies lack subjectivity and free will

• o Rochester creates a zombie out of Antoinette – a body without a
• soul

Antoinette mentions two deaths – physical/emotional

Rochester is portrayed sympathetically, rather than as a villain.