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Wide Sargasso Sea Part 1

What is your impression of the settings in Part One, including Coulibri, Spanish Town, and the natural environment.  Coulibri gives the impression of being a secluded town, which seems to suggest that the characters the inhabit it are alienated and marginalized by the surrounding community. It also seems to be a very hostile area, considering the treatment of the locals towards the Cosways and the eventual burning of the house. Spanish Town gives the impression of being a somewhat more welcoming space, considering that it became Anotionette's refuge following the incident in Coulibri. However, simultaneously, it is a place that is filled with a plethora of dichotomies "This convent was my refuge, a place of sunshine and of death" How would you describe Antoinette’s upbringing? It seems to have been a traumatic upbringing that was similarly filled with dichotomies. Although she initially enjoys her friendship with Tia and has a lot of people in her life there for...