![]() ![]() Outside the projections of Anna’s mind are the people in her life who embody the qualities of walls for example, Walter and Carl are sources of safety because of their monetary contributions, yet more so, they are forces of entrapment as Anna becomes dependent upon their emotional and financial support. She describes walls as obstacles, dividers, traps, or types of surveillance. ![]() Each flat Anna occupies surrounds her with dark, high, enclosing walls that seem claustrophobic and shrinking. In Anna’s first person narrative, she demonstrates a constant awareness of the walls around her, always noticing curtains being closed, the color of wallpaper, the presence of windows, and even the feeling walls evoke. Throughout Jean Rhys’s novel Voyage in the Dark, Anna Morgan encounters both real and imaged walls, yet they do not function in the typical way of a shelter or safeguard. Voyage in the Dark: Anna’s Psychological Walls ![]()
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