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Charlotte Bronte. Sarah D’Angelo. Thesis Statement. In spite of her lack of direction given in her life, Charlotte Bronte grew up to become a masterful author during the Victorian age. Birth. 1816 3 rd daughter. Family. Rev. Patrick Bronte & Maria Mother died in 1821 3 rd of 5 kids
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Charlotte Bronte Sarah D’Angelo
Thesis Statement In spite of her lack of direction given in her life, Charlotte Bronte grew up to become a masterful author during the Victorian age.
Birth • 1816 • 3rd daughter
Family • Rev. Patrick Bronte & Maria • Mother died in 1821 • 3rd of 5 kids • 1 brother, 3 sisters • 2 oldest sisters died @ early age
Childhood • created imaginary kingdoms • Branwell's toy soldiers • create continuing stories of fantasylands
Early School Life • Pupil at the Clergy Daughter's School at Cowan Bridge • 2 sisters died, other 2 came home
School • Pupil at the school at Roe Head(1831) • Left year later to teach sisters @ home • Returned in 1835 as a governess • 1838, Charlotte left Roe Head School
More School & Work • 1839 position as governess in the Sidgewick family • Left 3 months later & returned home • 1841 governess in the White family • Left 9 months later
Big Hopes • three sisters, decided to open their own school • 1842 Charlotte and Emily went to Brussels to complete their studies • trip home to Haworth, Charlotte returned alone to Brussels, until 1844. • Charlotte attempted by herself, and failed in 1844
Love? • While at Brussels, she fell in love with a married man, M. Heger, the owner of the Pensionnat Heger, a girls' school, where Charlotte and Emily were pupils and Charlotte later taught
Books Written By C. Bronte • POEMS BY CURRER, ELLIS AND ACTON BELL (1846) • THE PROFESSOR based on her experiences of teaching in Brussels (never published) • Jane Eyre, October 1847 (immediate success) • SHIRLEY (1848) and VILLETTE (1853)
Marriage • 1854 Charlotte married her father's curate, Arthur Bell Nicholls • Father didn’t approve @ first, then gave in • Fourth to propose to her
Death • 1854, pregnant, caught pneumonia and didn’t do anything about it • March 31, 1855 in Haworth, Yorkshire
Jane Eyre • October 1847 • Currer Bell • Victorian Age
Jane Eyre: Part One • Began in Gateshead • Both parents died • Only relative left, uncle, died soon after • Living with cruel Aunt Reed • Jane disliked, because she was treated better by her Uncle then his own kids • Georgianna, Eliza, John • Bessie
Jane Eyre: Part Two • Red room, haunted? • Jane became ill • Apothecary sends Jane to Lowood school • Evil headmaster • Illness swept school, & he left • Became teacher • Became governess in Thornfield • Love with employer, Rochester
Jane Eyre: Part Three • Saves from fire, unknown • Rochester proposes to Jane • Previously married • Psychotic wife • Jane leaves town, heartbreak • Poor, until man takes her in • Cousins?!
Jane Eyre: Part Four • Unknown uncle; dead • 20,000 pounds • Own cousin falls in love • Proposes • She loves only one man • Back to Thornfield to search for him • Town of Ferndean • Married & happy life
Early Victorian Age • 1837-1901 • Bad working/living conditions • Working classes organized movements trying to improve them • Chartists
Middle & Late Victorian Age • 1848, cotton goods, metal, woolens • Wealthy & productive • Population Grew • Center for banking, insurance, shipping • Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, and South Africa • Husbands worked, women stayed home
Inspired Life • Charlotte’s life, & Jane Eyre were similar • Used own life to create masterpiece • Ugly childhood = Amazing novel
Video Clip • http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~bump/E324/video/JE/janeey01.mov