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The Portrayal of the History of Angst in the Novels Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea by Charlotte Bronte and Jean Rhys

DOI : https://doi.org/10.36349/easjhcs.2020.v02i06.001

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Abstract: This paper will map out the history of angst in the novel Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea by Charlotte Bronte and Jean Rhys. An important shift occurred during the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century. In the social construct of the British identity this shift was ushered in with the loss of Britain’s most important colonial acquisition which was America. The loss of American colonies in the late eighteenth century, disputed over identity and cultural hierarchy which were mainly domestic. However, with the loss of America and increasing angst as to Britain’s imperial power within the European community, it became necessary for Britain to come together as a nationally and culturally homogenous metropolis in order to control its remaining colonies. Thus, as David Armitage points out the term “British” became colonized by the term “English”, which came to stand for Great Britain (the mother country) and its inhabitants as a whole. In both of the novels Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea the loss of America and increasing angst as to Britain’s imperial power within the imperial community were visible. And it effects both of the novels from the part of history.

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