The Fall Of Love

          As I approach Part 2 in Wide Sargasso Sea, the narrator seems to be a mysterious character of which is Antoinette's husband. However, we should already know that the narrator is Rochester from the novel Jane Eyre. This transition of point of view is to allow Rochester to explain the search for love that he spoke of in Jane Eyre. Jean Rhys tends to construct different point of views to avoid the single narrative voice like how Bronte did for Jane Eyre. She wants the readers to fully know the conflict of Antoinette and Rochester and their relationship. From Rochester's point of view, we know that his father would not divide his wealth to him and that he must undergo the marriage in order to gain wealth. To close his mouth, Richard Mason quickly gave him 30,000 pounds so that the marriage can persist. However, Rochester seems to have internal conflicts with himself of what he notices about his wife. So long after the marriage, they both had the urge for sex, but why would he even do that if he barely knew her and her backgrounds? By all means, this guy seems to be looking for lust rather than the love he constantly been seeking in his life. First, it was Bertha, the three mistresses, Adele's mother, and then Jane. So far in the novel, there is a lot of foreshadowing going on that contributes to the demise of Bertha Mason. Antoinette seems to at have a lot of doubts about the marriage that Rochester might just leave her somehow. But one thing that I noticed about the two is that the moodiness still persists from Wide Sargasso Sea to Jane Eyre. Antoinette would always act happy and cheerful during the day while she becomes abrupt at night. Same with Rochester. He would be nice and kind during the day and become aggressive during the night. If this story was to prolong, predictions will show that Rochester, when married to Jane, will become just like Bertha Mason since certain actions or traits are carried on to Rochester.