AP Literature/Composition Period 08 Life-Affirming Wisdom Within "Wide Sargasso Sea" Encounters with pain and suffering whether mental or physical can often be a debilitating experience. However, through the course of a lifetime, one may develop life-affirming ideals to sustain a desire to live. By using these beliefs and gained knowledge, one may learn to cherish life or stability through emotionally difficult stages. At its inception, wisdom may not be utilized, "...and you only know a …showed first 75 words of 2262 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2262 total…in this story, but an awakening on both of their parts, including a dawning understanding that these were two opposite personalities thrown together in bizzare circumstances unimaginable in today's culture. The realization of Rochester's wisdom leads him to destroy Antoinette's, but in the end, she escapes from his flawed ideals and sets herself free. From their tribulation and distress, insight arises from both characters in the way their culture and personalities allow them to mature.