I watched this movie a few time and always wonder if she was insane or crazy. He seem to be the driving force behind her supposed mental breakdown. Maybe I am missing something in the film, because it seem to me she was fine till that guy showed up putting ideas in his head. What does anyone else think?
I think that's the point - you have to make the decision. In JANE EYRE Rochester tells Jane that Antionette was crazy and everyone around her knew it. Rochester was tricked into marrying her. Before the marriage the various servants and relatives made sure they were never left alone together. The chaperones were there to make sure he didn't find out the truth.
Jean Rhys wrote WSS as a response to this and to show us Antionette's side of the story. While it's still suggested that there was "madness" in the family, the suggestion is definitely that she was a vulnerable young girl who was driven mad by her treatment by Rochester.
Have you read both books? It's definitely worth it.
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In Jane Eyre his story is somewhat different from this movie (book). I think any woman would go crazy if her new husband started treating her like Rochester did. Being locked in a room at Thornfield wouldn't help either. This movie shows him as being cruel and while he is brooding in JE I do like the way he treated Jane except for the bigamy of course.
shareI have read Jane Eyre, but not WSS. But it was years ago, and I have forgot most of it... LOL But I have seen about 100 different version of the film, my fav what can I say?
shareThanks for the post nobodysperfect.
share...by entering into marriage ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON had warned,"you have willfully introduced a witness into your life...& can no longer close the minds eye upon uncomely passages, but must stand up straight & put a name upon your actions..."
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...that foot, that hand, that delicious little woman, white & plump, near that MULATTO HERCULES still handsome & powerful, made the most charming PICTURE you could hope to see...(little DUMAS describing a visit with his father (the BLACK GENERAL/COUNT)with NAPOLEON's sister PAULINE(the most beautiful of his sister's & the WIDOW of General LECLERC)
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