Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys. Focusing on the final scene.
Date Submitted: 09/09/2006 23:53:00
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 7 pages (1947 words)
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 7 pages (1947 words)
In some ways the final scene in Good Morning, Midnight is as much a contradiction in terms as the title. Sasha has come to Paris for a two week holiday. After spending the the novel avoiding feeling and close interaction, Sasha ultimately accepts the advances of a gigolo she has befriended, only to reject him at the moment of truth and sleep with the man next door whom she fears and hates.
In discussion of …
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…Sasha, 'yes' is not necessarily an acceptance of life
<Tab/>but a recognition of its force.
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Howells, C. A. Key Women Writers, Jean Rhys. (Harvester Wheatsheaf:
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Rhys, J. Good Morning, Midnight. (Penguin Books Ltd:London, 2000)
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