Charlotte Temple Essay

How letters are used to make meaning in Charlotte Temple Charlotte Temple is a story that uses letters, notes and epistles in the narrative to make meaning in the text. What I plan to write about is how the author used the letters in the story to make meaning in the text and to its readers. Charlotte Temple is a story about a girl who was noticed by someone who goes by the name of Montraville. He found a liking to her at a Dance they were both at when she was thirteen years old and noticed her two years later when she was fifthteen. “At the time he thought on her only as a very lovely child, she being then only thirteen; but the improvement two years had made in her person, and the blush of recollection which suffused her cheeks as she passed, awakened in his bosom new and pleasing ideas”(39). Once he saw Charlotte and seen the change in her body and how mature she became he wanted to see her again and hold a conversation with her.
Montraville was determined to meet Charlotte again but knew he had to leave soon and go on a journey from Chichester. He was so caught up on Charlotte and had her on his mind he …show more content…
Prithee open the letter, read it, and judge for yourself; if you show it to your mother, the consequence will be, you will be taken from school, and a strict guard kept over you; so you will stand no chance of ever seeing the smart young officer again”(56). Mademoiselle says this to Charlotte so she can start doing things on her own and stop relying on her mother for guidance. Charlotte knew that was not right and did not want to disobey her mother and eventually told Mademoiselle to take the letter back to Montraville. Charlotte was scared of the fact that her mother would take her out of school and wanted to attain a greater proficiency in Italian and music. Even though Charlotte decided to put the letter down she was still thinking about Montraville and discussing the features with