Wide Sargasso Sea

Myra has joined the maddening crowd outside and who have started to burn down the house . It seems that although Rochester is biased against the blacks , calling them lazy , Bertha is the one who believes in the malicious nature , and whose belief in their hatred of her and her position in society have spurned them to this present situation

In this riot scene Rhys reveals many strongly held positions of the characters . Rochester is the character who holds prejudices against the blacks of the West Indies . Not only does Rochester hold these biased

br beliefs but he also has a strong misconception of the Creoles . The servants in the Caribbean are the ones who hold the power , while Rochester is used to the owner of the land and houses to hold power , as is true for his native England , his misconstrued beliefs lead him to endanger his family . Rochester believes that since he is white and from England no harm may come to him by the backwards , voodoo practicing servants . The issue of control becomes an underlying theme behind the prejudices of Wide Sargasso Sea

Since control becomes a central part of the novel , the effect of control and the lack or holding of it for each character needs to be examined It is Rochester 's character who develops an over-concentration with the concept of control . Rochester cannot fathom how Bertha can feel that she has no control over her servants , the people whose job it is to answer her desires and needs . Although part of this is a culture divide it is also a gender divide . While Rochester is empowered with giving s , as is portrayed later on in Rhys ' work when the couple return to Rochester 's estate , there is no denying that Bertha is subject to Rochester 's...