Sunday, September 1, 2013

In search of the Brönte's

1) Who is said to have influenced the sister's lives and WHY?

Their father changed their minds to become writers, just because they were young and they would listen to him, yet, he wanted them to succeed.

2) What tragedy struck the Brönte Family?

The death of both sister and mother, which led to a depression on the Father.

3) What's the Brönte's father's background?

He was a smart person, he studied at Cambridge. He had a rich family oh the high culture.

4) How is it said that Emily Brönte coped with homesickness?

Her poems were the way of expressing herself.

5) What is Haworth described like in the times the Bröntes lived there?

The gothic movement was on it's peak,  the most of the buildings were like this. Aswell the Industrial Revolution was being worked out back then.

6) What's the current theme on Charlotte's writing (based on her experience as a child)?

The main themes on Charlotte's writings are passion and horror, the horror is justified on her childhood expressing her feels after the death of her mother through her writing.

7) How did Brönte father try to salvage the situation with his family after his wife's death?

He was looking for an image to his daughters, a mother who would show what he wanted them to become in the future, he tried it out with 3 different womans.

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