“EXAGGERATED REALITIES: THE FUNCTION OF HYPERBOLE IN JEAN RHYS’S “WIDE SARGASSO SEA” AS A REFLECTION OF COLONIAL TENSIONS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TURMOIL”
Keywords:
One of the most striking literary devices Rhys employs in this novel is hyperbole—the art of exaggeration. Through this technique, she amplifies the emotional experiences of her charactersAbstract
Jean Rhys’s "Wide Sargasso Sea" is a profound exploration of identity, colonialism, and the complexities of mental illness, set against the backdrop of 19th-century Jamaica.
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