Conflicts
- Internal conflict: Antoinette struggles with her cultural vs. racial identity. While living in Post Colonial Jamaica, she couldn’t quite fit in with her English creole blood line, nor could she assimilate to the Jamaican Culture. As she got older, she realizes that no matter how much she tries to fit into the Jamaican former-slave society, she will never be accepted by them. But, one constant that remains is that Antoinette is constantly seeking a place to belong.
- External conflict: The marriage between Mr, Rochester, who is unnamed throughout the novel, and Antoinette proves problematic because it isn’t a marriage of love but a marriage that was forced.