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Location- Charlotte, North Carolina Description of Area- The Charlotte Metropolitan area ranks 22nd largest in the US. Charlotte, North Carolina 's largest city and the seat of Mecklenburg County, is located in the southern part of the state near the South Carolina border. Charlotte is also home of the NFL Carolina Panthers, and the NBA Charlotte Hornets which play at the Bank of America Stadium and the Time Warner Cable Arena. Along with hundreds of restaurants and attraction throughout the Charlotte area. Accessibility- Charlotte is an accessible city, there are many forms of transportation throughout Charlotte. All through Charlotte there are parking lots, bus’s, cab’s (Uber, Lyft), and train’s. Charlotte is also home to Charlotte Douglas International Airport which is the 6th busiest airport in the United States. Traffic- Being a big city Charlotte has lots of different kinds of…

Charlotte Bronte was a very talented and expressive poem writer. She was way ahead of her time with her beliefs of feminism and the way women should be treated. Although the thought of women having rights was looked down upon during her time, she still expressed her beliefs. She believed that men and women are equal and a woman could do everything that a man could do. Bronte’s poetry is very direct and she talks and deals with death a lot in her life, and she copes with that through her poetry…

Much like the young Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte spent majority of her young life dreaming of fictional worlds, far off lands, and alternate realities. Bronte’s childhood consisted of strict education following her mother, Maria Branwell's death in 1821. Gerin explains, “Leaving no memory with her surviving children, not even with the clever five-year-old Charlotte, her part in the moral makeup of her daughters was yet primordial and lasting. Her love letters, written to Patrick during their…

Charlotte Bronte illustrates the hardships that women faced in the mid-19th century in England and worldwide in her first novel, The Professor. The novel is about an Englishman that seeks a new career as a teacher in Belgium. The effeminized Englishman, William Crimsworth, finds his wife in Belgium, but surprisingly, his wife Frances requests equal standards and rights. Although Bronte addresses topics such as nationality and religion, The Professor is known to be one of the first works of…

Charlotte Mew was born in London in 1869 (Poetry). The eldest daughter among family that consisted of seven children, however illness would take the lives of three of her brothers and later another brother and sister would be committed to mental hospitals leaving only Mew and her sister Anne (Poetry). Mew is primarily known for her poetry although she did publish several short stories. Her poem and collection of poem both titled “The Farmers Bride” would solidify Mew’s literary reputation…

In the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, the main character, Jane, was cut off from family, places, and what she loved many times throughout the novel. The first thing Jane was cut off from was her parents when they died. Jane was also cut off from what little family she had, dear friends, and even a soul mate. Jane’s separation alienated her, enriched her life, and illuminated meaning within the novel. Jane’s separation alienated her in life. Her parents had died, leaving her with family…

important in choosing the right governess, and the masters of the house hired the woman who would have the same religion as them, as the follow paragraph suggests: “In governess novels, the heroine’s background is of importance both for the plot and for the developement of the governess character. The personal humility and Christian values of the clergyman’s daughter is a topic of interest to several authors. It is often used as a way of emphasizing a morally wicked atmosphere in the…

Most literary works are shaped primarily upon the personal experiences of the author and are written as a result of important insights that the author deems important to share. Throughout various time periods in this nation’s history, there have been many social variations that have altered the values of this country. Often these eras spark great controversy and literary criticism. That said, the author of “The Yellow Wallpaper”, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, was greatly influenced by her personal…

The sacred nature of womanhood is one that is deeply saturated with biblical, canonical, and cultural implications; the value of an individual woman during the Victorian Era was not determined so much by individual qualities, but rather piety and ability to fall gracefully into her determined social station. Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre has been examined by literary critics ad nauseam for its feminist qualities, racial implications, and social commentary. Moreover, when considering Jane Eyre,…

Charlotte Perkins Gilman wanted to spend her life actively “living” (xv). She was devoted to work and public service, especially that of the women’s suffrage movement, and she viewed her life as an ongoing verb, in which she needed to be constantly moving forward and working. She was an exceptionally prolific writer, publishing “nearly 500 poems, several dramas, roughly 675 fictional works, and over 2,000 works of nonfiction” in her lifetime (xii). Because of her abundance of literary work,…