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Jean Rhys’ *Wide Sargasso Sea* (1966) is a significant postcolonial retelling of Charlotte Brontë’s *Jane Eyre* (1847) that challenges the colonial assumptions, silences, and racial perspectives present in the original novel. Rhys rewrites the story of Bertha Mason, the “madwoman in the attic” from *Jane Eyre*, by giving her a voice, history, and identity. Through the character of Antoinette Cosway, Rhys explores issues of colonialism, racial conflict, gender oppression, and cultural displacement in the Caribbean. In *Jane Eyre*, Bertha Mason is presented as a mysterious and violent Creole woman who is imprisoned in Rochester’s attic because of her supposed madness. She functions mainly as a plot device representing the obstacles in Rochester and Jane’s relationship. Rhys’ novel questions this representation by presenting Bertha, renamed Antoinette, as a complex individual shaped by colonial violence and social alienation. Instead of portraying her as naturally insane, Rhys _______ ______ ___ __________ ______ _______ ____ ______ ___ _____ ____.
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