MADNESS

TRAUMA

“WHAT WAS THE USE OF TELLING HER THAT I’D BEEN AWAKE BEFORE AND HEARD MY MOTHER SCREAMING?”
(RHYS 28).

Passivity

“It was like that morning when I found the dead horse. Say nothing and it may not be true...” (Rhys 35)

Retreat

“I see everything still, fixed forever like the colours in a stained-glass window,” (Rhys 71).

MEMORY

The Motif Suggests...

• The descent into madness...
• characterized by a loss of autonomy...
• places the emphasis on the disintegration of...
• IDENTITY and REALITY
• in favor of passivity.