Graduation Year
2017
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
English
Reader 1
Michelle Decker
Reader 2
Aaron Matz
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© 2016 Sophia N. Rosenthal
Abstract
This analysis examines Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea through the lens of lunar imagery and the irrational feminine, arguing that both texts are aspects of an extended, collective narrative in which both heroines rescue and reclaim their feminine essence from the construction of a masculine idealism.
Recommended Citation
Rosenthal, Sophia, "Letting in the Night: The Moon, the Madwoman, and the Irrational Feminine in Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea" (2017). Scripps Senior Theses. 901.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/901
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