Antoinette and her husband have more in common than at first appears To what extent do
“Antoinette and her husband have more in common than at first appears” To what extent do you agree with this statement? Throughout the second and third part of ‘Wide Sargasso Sea’, the reader gets to know Antoinette’s and her husband’s feelings and thoughts. This makes it easier to judge which character is more sympathetic and by reading both narrations tells the reader if Antoinette and her husband are alike or not. ... The emotional aspect of the story is very strong and there is evidence that emotion can change the way Antoinette and her husband think. ... When the husband first meets Antoinette, he does what he is expected to do: bows, smiles and kisses her hand. ... He is only marrying Antoinette for money, not for love. Antoinette is the one looking for love but she has doubts about marrying someone she does not know very well. ... The husband wants to be accepted in society and he wants to show he is manly and refined but Antoinette does not care about society and all she wants is to love and to be loved. She loves her husband very much but he does not show any passion for her. ‘He does not love me, I think he hates me’, Antoinette tells Christophine. ... The husband does not know what he wants.