Charlotte Bronte Research Paper

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Charlotte Brontë. Charlotte Brontë was born on April 21st, 1816. Charlotte first began her education a few months after Maria and Elizabeth at Cowan Bridge (The Brontë Society & Brontë Parsonage Museum, n.d.a). After the sickness of Maria and Elizabeth, Charlotte returned home with Emily. After six years at home, Charlotte continued her education and began attending Roe Head School (The Brontë Society & Brontë Parsonage Museum, n.d.a). At Roe Head, Charlotte flourished in her education to become a governess and made friends quickly (The Great British Channel, 2014). Despite success at Roe Head, Charlotte returned home from her studies a year and a half later (The Brontë Society & Brontë Patronage Museum, n.d.a). Starting in 1835, Charlotte …show more content…

Emily followed Charlotte and began attending Cowan Bridge in 1824. Emily despised school and ostracized herself from everyone but her family (The Brontë Society & Brontë Parsonage Museum, n.d.b). After the sickness of Maria and Elizabeth, Emily returned home from Cowan Bridge in June 1825. After Charlotte became a teacher at Roe Head School, Emily came in order to support her sister’s endeavors as a teacher. Having little success, Emily returned home three months later. To earn an income and support the family, Emily began teaching at Law Hill School in 1837 (The Brontë Society & Brontë Parsonage Museum, n.b.a). Emily thoroughly despised teaching and interacting with students; therefore, she returned home in March of 1838 (21st Century Education 2014; The Brontë Society & Brontë Parsonage Museum, n.b.a.). The only thing that enticed Emily to return to school was the thought of being able to work close to home (The Great British Channel, 2014). In 1842, Emily went with Charlotte to Brussels in the hopes of opening their own school (The Brontë Society & Brontë Parsonage Museum, n.b.a). However, the girls did not receive enough pupils to open the schoolhouse leaving Emily choosing to stay at home while Charlotte sought teaching jobs (21st Century Education, 2014). During Emily’s education, she spent only a year and a half in three different schools (The Brontë Society & Brontë Parsonage Museum, …show more content…

Depressed by its little success, Emily once again had to be persuaded by Charlotte to seek publishing for her novel Wuthering Heights (The Brontë Society & Brontë Parsonage Museumm n.d.b). In 1847, Wuthering Heights was published in conjunction with Anne’s Agnes Gray (The Brontë Society & Brontë Parsonage Museum, n.d.a). The readers of the novel became intrigued by the antihero Heathcliff and Wuthering Heights and many wondered if Currier, Ellis, and Acton Bell (The Great British Society, 2014). Indifferent to the public’s reactions, Emily protested revealing their true identities but finally gave in to Charlotte’s desires (21st Century Education,