Looking at headlines all over the United States, they have been flooded with negativity and tragedy. The recent shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has left many families in shock. The lives taken are an unimaginable thing for these families to go through. The damage done by the shootings that have happened throughout time have left big questions on how to deal with the loss of a loved one to something so tragic. Even for the fellow students who didn’t lose a direct member of the family, they still have to the return to the school with the constant reminder of the execrable event that took place on February 14th, 2018. Throughout her life Charlotte Bronte endured many losses and experienced many unpleasant events. At an early age
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Before the death of her sisters, they all planned to open a school of their own and after they died Bronte became a teacher. Things that happen in one's life can change one's outlook and perspective. She served around 9 months as a governess, not realizing what it truly entailed. These events she experienced contribute to her struggle for happiness. Things that happen in one's life can change one's outlook and perspective. In her works the inner experiences of her struggles can be seen to be the subject of her novels. For instance, the solitude of the governess occupation helped inspire her literary classic, Jane Eyre. As one reads Bronte’s works they can see (1) events in her life shape her depression; (2) the way she was treated as a governess made her very feel vulnerable, sensitive, and lonely; (3) her fight to influence the justice and equality for …show more content…
The tone and mood within all of her novels hints at the way she truly feels. In her second major novel, Shirley, the reader can interpret her internal feelings. “The sombre tone of her second published novel, Shirley, reflects her grief following the deaths of her brother and two sisters. (NCLC 3, 42) ” In the novel Caroline Helstone is a young girl in love with a man known as Robert Moore. She had a rough past, as her parents deserted her leaving her in the care of her unpleasant uncle. Overtime Caroline sinks into depression until a woman named Shirley Keeldar comes around. Her and Caroline become friends, but Shirley and Robert seem to be very close. Caroline does not want to lose Robert to her newest acquaintance. The grief portrayed by Caroline is reflected in Charlotte Bronte's emotions, viewing Caroline and Shirley’s relationship as sister-like. The dark tone seen in Shirley is Bronte’s way of coping with the losses. A study from Harvard found that “expressive writing” (writing about feelings that have arisen due to an event) helps people cope with traumatic events. “In one early study, Dr. Pennebaker asked 46 healthy college students to write about either personally traumatic life events or trivial topics for 15 minutes on four consecutive days. For six months following the experiment, students who wrote about traumatic events visited the campus health center less often,
Before the death of her sisters, they all planned to open a school of their own and after they died Bronte became a teacher. Things that happen in one's life can change one's outlook and perspective. She served around 9 months as a governess, not realizing what it truly entailed. These events she experienced contribute to her struggle for happiness. Things that happen in one's life can change one's outlook and perspective. In her works the inner experiences of her struggles can be seen to be the subject of her novels. For instance, the solitude of the governess occupation helped inspire her literary classic, Jane Eyre. As one reads Bronte’s works they can see (1) events in her life shape her depression; (2) the way she was treated as a governess made her very feel vulnerable, sensitive, and lonely; (3) her fight to influence the justice and equality for …show more content…
The tone and mood within all of her novels hints at the way she truly feels. In her second major novel, Shirley, the reader can interpret her internal feelings. “The sombre tone of her second published novel, Shirley, reflects her grief following the deaths of her brother and two sisters. (NCLC 3, 42) ” In the novel Caroline Helstone is a young girl in love with a man known as Robert Moore. She had a rough past, as her parents deserted her leaving her in the care of her unpleasant uncle. Overtime Caroline sinks into depression until a woman named Shirley Keeldar comes around. Her and Caroline become friends, but Shirley and Robert seem to be very close. Caroline does not want to lose Robert to her newest acquaintance. The grief portrayed by Caroline is reflected in Charlotte Bronte's emotions, viewing Caroline and Shirley’s relationship as sister-like. The dark tone seen in Shirley is Bronte’s way of coping with the losses. A study from Harvard found that “expressive writing” (writing about feelings that have arisen due to an event) helps people cope with traumatic events. “In one early study, Dr. Pennebaker asked 46 healthy college students to write about either personally traumatic life events or trivial topics for 15 minutes on four consecutive days. For six months following the experiment, students who wrote about traumatic events visited the campus health center less often,