Charlotte

Elizabeth Bennett and Charlotte Lucas have contrary ideals when it comes to marriage. Elizabeth wants to marry for love, passion and happiness. While Charlotte wants to marry for wealth, social standing and security. With very different views on marriage reoccuring in the book, it is clear that marriage is an exceedingly prominent theme throughout the novel. It is shown through exceptionally diverse point of views that are contrastable between two women. Elizabeth and Charlotte make very…

the same rights as them. These men do not know what it is like if roles were reversed. If men were women and women were men, the men would fight against women to obtain the exact same rights as what women were asking for. This is very similar to Charlotte Perkins Gilman Utopian novel, Herland. In her novel, women are free to demonstrate their personal and cultural identities. The novel begins with three main male characters which are Terry Nicholson, Jeff Margrave, and Vandyck Jennings. Terry is…

novel, “The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle”, the most important turning point for Charlotte is when she climbs the Royal Yard. Although one could claim that another event in the story is the main turning point, there is plenty of evidence to support my claim. But first, allow me to explain why this event is the main turning point by explaining the events leading up to it. The year is 1832. It is an early summer morning on the docks in England. 13 year-old Charlotte Doyle boards the…

on this idea with different backgrounds, in different time periods and genres, which make these societies hard to fully dictate whether or not a person would like to live in one. One story that describes a society without males was written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman during the era of first wave feminism. Her story, entitled Herland, depicts three men who stumble across an all-female society, who are invited to speak to the women who have not seen men in two thousand years. The women are…

Jane Eyre and Stephen Dedalus are literary embodiments of the timeless notion of growing up. Charlotte Bronte and James Joyce are able to capture the true essence of growth in mentality and physicality, from childhood to adulthood, through the use of these characters’ tribulations. Both works of literature are able to encompass the underlying message of learning to accept one’s self-defined identity through the use of social norms and established societal cultures as a platform. Though Bronte…

Who would have thought a woman with so many tragedies and disadvantages in her life could use it to her advantage and write such a beautiful novel, Wuthering Heights, that teaches so many lessons by following Heathcliff, one of the main characters? Emily Bronte was an extremely talented woman without even a formal college degree who didn’t let even the biggest challenges in life bring her down. She would be the one to set an example for women authors to come (“Brontes”). Emily Bronte was born…

choices are...important to help us navigate the confusing and disorienting time of a disaster.” Although ethics and morals are important in everyday life, they become of greater importance during a time of difficulty. In the book, The Lifeboat, by Charlotte Rogan, the morals of Grace Winter reflect the value of doing what is good for the entire community, no matter the consequences of doing so, which contradicts the ethics of her society due to the illegality of murder. The action of the fight…

In the two extracts, Little Dorritt by Charles Dickens and Villette by Charlotte Brontë, one will notice that the same contrasting attitudes comes forth. In the extract from Little Dorritt the picture of a melancholy and dark city immediately strikes the reader with the first line describing London as gloomy, close, and stale…

that would be revealed on their wedding day. When found out by the heroine, this discovery would leave her utterly distraught and with no choice but to flee to the country. This is the situation that is faced by Jane Eyre in the book Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Eventually, it is discovered that the man, Edward Rochester was already married. He was married to Bertha Mason, a Creole woman whom he married when he was much younger. This relationship began when his father and brother pressured…

to fortune tellers to get their names changed, so they can achieve a dream or have more luck in getting a job. In most literature, names are of the utmost importance in relation to the theme of the story or to convey the character. In Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë names Jane Eyre and the characters she interacts with and the places she journeys to, with the intention of disclosing a deeper meaning. Throughout the book, Jane Eyre is depicted as a “Plain Jane”. She has “the air of a little…