CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Mortality Rate, Ope
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A(cid:374)toi(cid:374)ette (cid:272)o(cid:374)sta(cid:374)tl(cid:455) feels foreig(cid:374) at ho(cid:373)e a(cid:374)d at europe as (cid:449)ell; she does(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) a pla(cid:272)e (cid:449)here she does(cid:374)"t feel foreig(cid:374) Impossibility of locating self ja(cid:374)e is a(cid:374) outsider, (cid:271)ut she k(cid:374)o(cid:449)s her ide(cid:374)tit(cid:455); she does(cid:374)"t" ha(cid:448)e a(cid:374) i(cid:374)ter(cid:374)al struggle or foreigness to self as antoinette does. E(cid:374)gla(cid:374)d (cid:374)ot su(cid:271)li(cid:373)e for a(cid:374)toi(cid:374)ette; it"s like a drea(cid:373) , it (cid:449)as (cid:374)e(cid:448)er (cid:862)real(cid:863: ma(cid:455)(cid:271)e it"s real(cid:373) (cid:373)a(cid:455)(cid:271)e it is(cid:374)"t. Different in the way the two rochesters respond to this narrative. Ja(cid:374)e"s ro(cid:272)hester: ha(cid:448)i(cid:374)g tra(cid:448)elled the (cid:449)orld = po(cid:449)erful a(cid:374)d k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledga(cid:271)le: a(cid:374)toi(cid:374)ette"s ro(cid:272)hester: (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)ted to e(cid:374)gla(cid:374)d = po(cid:449)erful. Either (cid:449)a(cid:455), the t(cid:449)o (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) are dise(cid:373)po(cid:449)ered (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause . The (cid:271)ook sho(cid:449)s a(cid:374)toi(cid:374)ette"s literar(cid:455) a(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) is attu(cid:374)ed to s(cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:894)? (cid:895) The novel deals with how the mind is shaped by colonialism and colonial education. We can think of antoinette as trying to take the subaltern figure from jane eyre and make her speak and tell her story; what would that story look like.
