Wide Sargasso Sea (1993 film) Wide Sargasso Sea (1993 film) Wide Sargasso Sea is a 1993 Australian film adaptation of Jean Rhys's 1966 novel of the same name, directed by John Duigan and starring Karina Lombard and Nathaniel Parker. The novel and film explore Jean Rhys's account of the West Indian Creole heiress, here called Antoinette Cosway, married by an Englishman similar to the character "Mr. Rochester", who becomes his "madwoman in the attic" featured in the novel "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte. For a full-length summary see: plot summary of "Wide Sargasso Sea". Fine Line Features released the film for the United States market.
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle against Jaggery, Charlotte has changed by the end of the novel into an authentic version of herself, not merely reflecting what society expected of her. Avi felt the ending where Charlotte rejects her family was a choice for freedom and an essential element of the overall story. He also identified Jaggery as a protagonist in the story and felt the book served as an implicit criticism of capitalism. However, by the end of the novel the only non-working class person alive, Charlotte, also becomes the Captain thus suggesting a preservation of the class system even while gender roles have been