Wide Sargasso Sea Allusions & Cultural References

Literary and Philosophical References

• Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre – the novel as a whole tells the story of Bertha Mason, a character in Jane Eyre, but here are the explicit allusions: II.5.2.14; II.6.6.41; III.6.1; III.7.4
• Lord Byron (II.1.2.38)
• Sir Walter Scott (II.1.2.38)
• Thomas de Quincey, Confessions of an Opium Eater (II.1.2.38)
• François de Malherbe, "Consolation à M. du Périer" (II.3.3.19)
• William Shakespeare, Othello (II.3.5.40)
• William Shakespeare, Macbeth (II.7.4)

Biblical References

• Genesis (I.1.2.2; II.6.2.5)
• Matthew (I.2.5.3; II.1.1.32; II.5.2.30)
• Deuteronomy (II.6.2.3)