Emily Bronte: "Remembrance"
Emily Bronte is an English novelist and poet. She invented imaginary worlds with her siblings, including her poem "Remembrance". Bronte was a part of the Victorian period, which was a transition between romanticism and the 20th century. Using the Reader's Response Theory in "Remembrance" will show the meanings and symbols of the poem. It gives a gateway to the reader to express what they think the story means and how they can relate.
Emily Bronte grew up with her two sisters, Charlotte and Anne, her brother Branwell, her mother Maria and her father Patrick. The Bronte family was a household full of famous and dedicated writers. Emily's early work involved a fictional world, Gondal, that she made …show more content…
Emily was defined as a reserved person who wasn't ready for life apart from Haworth, the place where she lived. Her sister would describe her as "'Stronger than a man’, Charlotte wrote, ‘simpler than a child, her nature stood alone'" ("Emily Bronte-author of"). Emily has also had several losses in her lifetime due to tuberculosis. One loss included her mother, Maria, dying of cancer. It then switched her mind to write about feeling pain. After the death of her mother, Emily's aunt moved in to help raise them. "Emily Bronte is best known for authoring the novel Wuthering Heights" ("Emily Bronte"). In this novel, Emily displays the pain as revenge. The novel is about Mr. Earnshaw bring home Heathcliff, an orphan. He was raised with Hindley and Catherine. Catherine loves Heathcliff, but Hinley hates him for stealing the affection …show more content…
The Victorian Era was named after Queen Victoria. This ranged from 1837 to 1901, Victoria's death. The Era consisted of strict conduct and morals. If a man were to call a lady by her first name they were considered engaged. The period was characterized by the struggle of working people and success of right over wrong. "Anne, Charlotte and Emily Brontë had time in their short lives to produce masterpieces of fiction although these were not immediately appreciated by Victorian critics" ("Victorian Literature"). Emily's novel "Wuthering Heights", for example, had violence and passion which wasn't normal during this time. Women, during this period, would think of the novel as Gothic Romanticism. The Victorian Era was created to be a moral lesson but to have an opinion as well. Also, during this era gender inequality was big. Therefore, Emily, Anne, and Charlotte created poems under male names. This was because women writers were classified as inferior to male writers. The poems didn’t not sell much but being a published woman author was an accomplishment itself. Tuberculosis was a big factor of Victorians deaths. When they got sick, they were sent to harsh institutions called workhouses. Also, in the Victorian era hard work, respect, social difference, and religious rules were encouraged. Victorians believed of perfection in representative government and to send it through the British
Emily Bronte is an English novelist and poet. She invented imaginary worlds with her siblings, including her poem "Remembrance". Bronte was a part of the Victorian period, which was a transition between romanticism and the 20th century. Using the Reader's Response Theory in "Remembrance" will show the meanings and symbols of the poem. It gives a gateway to the reader to express what they think the story means and how they can relate.
Emily Bronte grew up with her two sisters, Charlotte and Anne, her brother Branwell, her mother Maria and her father Patrick. The Bronte family was a household full of famous and dedicated writers. Emily's early work involved a fictional world, Gondal, that she made …show more content…
Emily was defined as a reserved person who wasn't ready for life apart from Haworth, the place where she lived. Her sister would describe her as "'Stronger than a man’, Charlotte wrote, ‘simpler than a child, her nature stood alone'" ("Emily Bronte-author of"). Emily has also had several losses in her lifetime due to tuberculosis. One loss included her mother, Maria, dying of cancer. It then switched her mind to write about feeling pain. After the death of her mother, Emily's aunt moved in to help raise them. "Emily Bronte is best known for authoring the novel Wuthering Heights" ("Emily Bronte"). In this novel, Emily displays the pain as revenge. The novel is about Mr. Earnshaw bring home Heathcliff, an orphan. He was raised with Hindley and Catherine. Catherine loves Heathcliff, but Hinley hates him for stealing the affection …show more content…
The Victorian Era was named after Queen Victoria. This ranged from 1837 to 1901, Victoria's death. The Era consisted of strict conduct and morals. If a man were to call a lady by her first name they were considered engaged. The period was characterized by the struggle of working people and success of right over wrong. "Anne, Charlotte and Emily Brontë had time in their short lives to produce masterpieces of fiction although these were not immediately appreciated by Victorian critics" ("Victorian Literature"). Emily's novel "Wuthering Heights", for example, had violence and passion which wasn't normal during this time. Women, during this period, would think of the novel as Gothic Romanticism. The Victorian Era was created to be a moral lesson but to have an opinion as well. Also, during this era gender inequality was big. Therefore, Emily, Anne, and Charlotte created poems under male names. This was because women writers were classified as inferior to male writers. The poems didn’t not sell much but being a published woman author was an accomplishment itself. Tuberculosis was a big factor of Victorians deaths. When they got sick, they were sent to harsh institutions called workhouses. Also, in the Victorian era hard work, respect, social difference, and religious rules were encouraged. Victorians believed of perfection in representative government and to send it through the British