Comparing the #MeToo movement voices to Bertha Mason’s voice: about having and not having one
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2021-06-30
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Both the voice of Bertha Mason in Jane Eyre and the voices of coloured women during the #MeToo movement have been silenced due to their race and gender, and they only received a voice after their silence was perceived to be problematic. Bertha received a voice as Antoinette in Wide Sargasso Sea and the black women after they called out the white supremacy involved in the #MeToo movement. The following research question is discussed: how is the voice of Bertha Mason in Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea similar to the voices of coloured women during the #MeToo movement? Through analysing the voices of Bertha and of the black women, it became apparent that the patriarchal society and British imperialism played an important role in silencing Bertha. The concept of intersectionality was involved in silencing the black women. The hypothesis was confirmed.
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