In other words, the novel does justice to its title. By the end of the novel, Anna is shamed, injured, and hopeless. This isolation, coupled with the systemic issue of misogyny, causes Anna's life to spiral into hell. Anna is suddenly thrust into a life of poverty without any real family or community. When her father dies, her stepmother keeps the inheritance. Voyage in the Darkis about a young woman named Anna who falls on bad times. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous

We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. The question of the difference and sense of belonging prompted her to discuss the position of the Creole women and their place in the society of the 20th century, as well as represent the space that is “there somewhere”, unfamiliar to the British.These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. Rhys, as a Creole woman herself, was, too, ambiguous and conflictive regarding her identity and her nationality. Their bodies are commodified, they are perceived almost as slave-women, the marionettes, the zombies, unable to control their destinies, waiting to be awakened by a memory of their homeland. On the other hand, they cannot pass as white, since the British society perceives them as lesser humans, due to their peculiar accent and the possibility that they are of mixed race.

They express the desire to go black, to belong to the native communities however that is impossible due to their socioeconomic status. However, in the 20th century, although being Creole was bad enough, being Creole woman was even worse- they were presented as unchaste and intemperate.

The position of the Creole, where they are placed in the “limbo”, between the colonizers and the colonized makes them unfamiliar, strange, and almost animal-like in the eyes of the British. The subalterns do not have the right to tell their stories- the dominant culture takes away their voice and reshapes their stories. Her novels Wide Sargasso Sea and Voyage in the Dark, as well as her unfinished autobiography Smile Please employ the notion of difference as the main motif: the difference in race, gender, social position or place of birth – all of which makes the Creoles the subaltern in comparison with the ruling class. Abstract Jean Rhys was interested in portraying the unexplored in the character of a Creole woman.

A voyage in the dark