W&M ScholarWorks Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects 1993 A Distorting Mirror: "Wide Sargasso Sea" and "Jane Eyre" Laura Ellen Morey College of William & Mary - Arts & Sciences Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd Part of the Caribbean Languages and Societies Commons, English Language and Literature Commons, and the Modern Literature Commons Recommended Citation Morey, Laura Ellen, "A Distorting Mirror: "Wide Sargasso Sea" and "Jane Eyre"" (1993). Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects. Paper 1539625819. https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.21220/s2-a5yq-8t26 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects at W&M ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects by an authorized administrator of W&M ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. "A DISTORTING MIRROR”: WIDE SARGASSO SEA AND JANE EYRE A Thesis Presented to The Faculty of the Department of English The College of William and Mary in Virginia In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts by Laura Morey 1993 APPROVAL SHEET This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS Laura Ellen Morey Approved, June 199 3 Deborah D. Morse, Chair 7 ^ '—7 < • Christopher Bongie cn ic'n (jl (r& ' , V V Monica B . Potkay ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my appreciation to my advisor, Prof. Deborah Morse, for her time and guidance throughout the course of the writing of this thesis. I would like to thank also Professors Monica Potkay and Christopher Bongie for their careful reading and constructive criticism of the manuscript.