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Bronte Family. Chris Wood John Pickering Caitlyn Jardon Michael Enriquez . Family Treeeeeeee. Charlotte’s Father. Patrick Brontë was born 17 March 1777 in Loughbrickland, County Down, Ireland, to a poor Roman Catholic family of farm workers
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Bronte Family Chris Wood John Pickering Caitlyn Jardon Michael Enriquez
Charlotte’s Father • Patrick Brontë was born 17 March 1777 in Loughbrickland, County Down, Ireland, to a poor Roman Catholic family of farm workers • Charlottes father was a rector which explains why there are so many religious influences on the book • Charlottes father was recovering from an eye injury while she wrote Jane Eyre just like Jane cares for Rochester after he goes blind
Charlotte’s Mother • Maria Brontë, née Branwell, was born on the 15th of April 1783 in Penzance, Cornwall and came from a comfortably well off middle-class family. • Known for her lively spirit, joyfulness, and tenderness • Inspired her children before her untimely death from Cancer at the age of 38
Charlotte’s Brother • Jane's brother was a alcoholic and drug addict just like Jane's cousin in Jane Eyre even though Charlotte published Jane Eyre before her brother died
Charlotte’s Sisters • Her sisters died because of poor school conditions at Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge, Lancashire • Helen dies in the school because of poor conditions
Charlotte’s Early Life • She worked as a governess for some time at a school and later for a family just like Jane Eyre • She worked for the same school that she was taught at • Charlotte turned down her husband’s original proposal and later accepted just like Jane
Charlotte’s Later Life • Charlotte was left money by her Aunt like Jane is left money by her uncle • Charlotte forms an attachment to Constantin Heger, the head of the school where she is working, just like Jane was attached to Mrs. Temple • Charlotte turned down at least three proposals in her lifetime
Charlotte’s Love Life • Charlotte didn’t marry for love unlike Jane • Charlotte let herself die of Pneumonia when she was pregnant
Citations • http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/bronte/cbronte/brontbio.html Images • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Painting_of_Bront%C3%AB_sisters.png • http://wuthering-heights.co.uk/images/trees/brontetree.jpg • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_whisky • http://marinacarlson.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/love-is-in-the-eyre/ • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Bell_Nicholls • http://janeaustenfilmclub.blogspot.com/2011/04/jane-eyre-is-aboutlove.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Bront%C3%AB