Jean Rhys and Charlotte Bronte The use of symbolism in the
presentation of characters and plots in Jane Eyre and Wide
Sargasso Seaby Jenia Geraghty I began to see and acknowledge the
hand of God in my doom. I began to experience remorse,
repentance; the wish for reconcilement to my Maker I often
wonder who I am and where is my country and where do I belong
and why was I ever born at all Charlotte Bronte and Jean Rhys
composed their novels in different centuries and came from very
different backgrounds. However despite these disparities the use
of symbolism in their narratives can be compared. Jean Rhys's
1966 novel Wide Sargasso Sea is a creative response to Charlotte
Bronte's Jane Eyre, a nineteenth century classic, which has
always been one of English Literature's greatest and most
popular love stories. Jane Eyre is a story of true love that
encounters many obstacles and problems, but surmounts these
troubles to fulfil destiny. The main source of trouble is
Rochester's insane first wife, Bertha Mason, a lun