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particularly in the inclusion of post-colonial theory in “Wide 
Sargasso Sea”. Antoinette is aware from a young age of the 
element of imprisonment that hangs over the West Indies. The 
paths were overgrown and a smell of dead flowers mixed with 
the fresh living smell”. The dead flowers represent the 
institution of slavery, while the fresh living smell represents 
what has come and will come in a post-emancipation society. 
In 'Women and Change in the Caribbean', Momsen wrote that 
when slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century, 
'Women were taught that marriage was both prestigious and 
morally superior'. [3] She also points out that accepting and 
following the lifestyles of the whites facilitated social 
mobility, and when Rhys's protagonist Antoinette marries she 
is seen as forsaking the customs and values of the Negroes. 
Antoinette, as a French Creole, has both black and white blood 
in her, which causes her much confusion. “I often wonder who 
I am and where is my country and where do I belong and why 
was I ever born at all” [4]. She is aware of her family's history 
and that she has a black and a white side to her. Her actions 
and thoughts appear to indicate that she is trying to form her 
identity in a time of change, turbulence and conflict. 
The theme of black and white also links to the colour imagery 
presented by both writers, not only in the context of skin 
colour, but also in terms the colour that surround them in their 
environments. Antoinette's one time friend Tia, calls 
Antoinette a 'White Nigger' meaning that the emancipation has 
left the white slave owners in the same position as the blacks. 
Neither has power or money and both are resented by the new 
white people moving into the Caribbean. The 'white nigger' is 
neither a white person nor a black person, but is regarded as 
inferior to the Negroes. 
A range of imagery in the form of colour is associated 
with the development of the intrigue behind Antoinette's 
madness, and Jane's love for Rochester. Rochester describes 
Bertha as having 'red balls' for eyes and a 'mask' instead of a 
face. This use of figurative language makes Bertha appear a 
grotesque monster, while in contrast Jane is likened to 'an 
eager little bird'.