The "Japan" group and anyone who hasn't answered questions should tackle TWO of the following...
Q1: Antoinette accuses Rochester of using his own "obeah" against her: what is this, and how does he try to "curse" her in his own way? How does this slowly make her a stranger on her own island?
Q2: In many ways, this book echoes the plot of Shakespeare's Othello, which is about a Moor (a North African) who falls in love with a young Italian noblewoman, and how Iago, another Italian, poisons Othello against his new bride with suspicions of infidelity. Why does Daniel play the "Iago" role in this book--what grievance does he have against Antoinette and her family? What does he hope to achieve from her downfall?
Q3: What does Rochester mean at the end of Part Two, when he says, "Above all I hated her. For she belonged to the magic and the loveliness. She had left me thirsty and all my life would be thirst and longing for what I had lost before I found it." If she could quench his thirst, why didn't he love her and 'belong' to her? Why does he feel she betrayed him and took away his life?
Q4: How has Antoinette changed by Part Three, when she is the "madwoman in the Attic" in Rochester's England? Why does she decide to take the action she does against him?
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