• Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys. Focusing on the final scene.

     

    Essays3 Literature

Evaluation:
Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
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Extract

In some ways the final scene in Good Morning, Midnight is as much a contradiction in terms as the title. Sasha has come to Paris for a two week holiday. After spending the the novel avoiding feeling and close interaction, Sasha ultimately accepts the advances of a gigolo she has befriended, only to reject him at the moment of truth and sleep with the man next door whom she fears and hates.
In discussion of the final scene in GMM, Coral Ann Howells states that:
<Tab/>She [Sasha] is approaching her deepest desire, the desire for oblivion.
<Tab/>The white robe…

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