As usual, do two of the following questions for Part Two of the novel. Also be sure to watch the short video in the post above and respond to the question that follows (again, there's no strict deadline for this--just do it when you get to it, though we are running to the end of the semester!)
Q1: Why does Rochester insist on calling Antoinette “Bertha” in the story? What might this change signal for him, especially in a novel where, as Antoinette herself says, “names are important”?
Q2: Do you feel Rochester is a reliable or an unreliable narrator? Is he supposed to be sympathetic or unsympathetic? Is anything he records or presents to the reader “true”? How do we know? Cite a specific passage.
Q3: Christophine says to Rochester that “You young but already you hard. You fool the girl. You make her think you can’t see the sun for looking at her." Was it Rochester’s plan to destroy her—to punish her? And if so, for what reason
Q4: Is Antoinette “mad”? Does she suffer from a family illness, as evidenced in her mother and brother…or is her madness merely Rochester’s inability to accept her ‘Non-Western’ ideas and character? Use a passage to discuss this.
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