Wide sargasso5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() How are different races depicted in the novel? Do you find that the black characters are less complex or sympathetic than the white or Creole characters, or vice versa? Why?.What are the different characters' attitudes toward race? How do these attitudes affect the way they perceive themselves and relate to other people?.(See our discussion of "Race" in "Character Clues" for a rundown of racial categories operating at the time of the novel.) Questions About Race It could be that these characters' expectations about race are tested by the novel itself, particularly with a Creole character such as Antoinette, who alternately identifies with both white and black communities. Instead, we might consider how everything is told from a character's point of view, and not necessarily the author's. But what if we were to give the novel the benefit of the doubt? That's not to say we should excuse the language. ![]() Some writers and scholars claim that Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea portrays black characters as flat stereotypes – child-like, primitive, animalistic. Race is absolutely integral to the way that the characters understand themselves and their place in society. ![]()
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