Although people are working at interpreting this novel from perse views, critics have always concerned themselves with Antoinette’s personal tragedy, or her madness。 Each character in the novel is like an isolated island separated from others by the wide sea。 The Sargasso Sea becomes a symbol drawing a line between the West India and England。 The large chasm between people in different cultures, class and gender leads to miscommunication and mistrust。 Wei Na believes that Antoinette’s madness results from the enslavement from both females themselves and males (Wei 39-40)。 Chen Junqiu analyzes the causes of Antoinette’s tragedy from the uncertainty of identity, Rochester’s colonization and her own limpness (Chen 123-125)。 Yang Yang proposes a new cause that her craziness and her act of arson are caused by her failure to identify herself (Yang 85-87)。