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The Husband
Antoinette’s nurse, Christophine is respected and feared among blacks and whites alike. She is a practitioner of obeah (a voodoo-like magic), which both accounts for her power over others and ultimately gets her in trouble with the law, rendering her powerless to help Antoinette. Other than the landscape, Christophine is the only real constant in Antoinette’s life, until she too abandons her to her fate with the husband.
Christophine Quotes in Wide Sargasso Sea
The Wide Sargasso Sea quotes below are all either spoken by Christophine or refer to Christophine. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Woman must have spunks to live in this wicked world.
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All women, all colours, nothing but fools. Three children I have. One living in this world, each one a different father, but no husband, I thank my God. I keep my money. I don’t give it to no worthless man.
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Christophine Quotes in Wide Sargasso Sea
The Wide Sargasso Sea quotes below are all either spoken by Christophine or refer to Christophine. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
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Woman must have spunks to live in this wicked world.
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All women, all colours, nothing but fools. Three children I have. One living in this world, each one a different father, but no husband, I thank my God. I keep my money. I don’t give it to no worthless man.
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