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    For many years, Anne Brontë’s literary works have been viewed as classics of English literature. Brontë had a unique way of being able to portray realistic situations in her poems and short novels (PoemHunter, 2014). She was not afraid to bring up the realities behind male alcoholism and brutality in her most famous pieces of literature, Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. In addition, she also wrote several poems including Farewell, A Prayer, and Confidence. Anne Brontë is part of a literary

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    was written, while they can be studied and understood, cannot be preserved or recreated. It was context— the context of her time, the reality of Victorian life— that first ignited and then threatened to snuff out the flame of public intrigue towards Anne Bronte's second and final novel. And while The Tenant of Wildfell Hall— though it did not become as firmly entrenched in the canon of English literature as the works of Anne's sisters— survived, its flame is now dimmed by the context of our time, by

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    Victorian Mystery Writers Bronte uses marriage as a tool to represent it's confining nature. To do so, Bronte employs Helen Huntington who from the beginning of the novel is depicted an strong-willed, freethinker, two unfavorable traits for women in Victorian Era England. Her husband, Arthur is largely distinguished from his wife due to his alcoholism, affairs and blatant displays of power. Arthur's role in his marriage as both husband and master take a toll on both Helen and on the marriage

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    INTRODUCTION When ancient societies did not understand some unusual phenomena, they attributed it to some mythological creature. They did not know for instance that the reason behind the appearance of fangs is the Porphyria disease. Only scientists did. They did not know for instance that the reason behind lightning is a massive electrostatic discharge between the electrically charged regions within clouds .Only scientists did. Thus, it is this inclination to provide explanations for themselves that

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    The Brontë Family

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    The Brontë family was full of amazing writers, originating from the father Patrick Brontë. Patrick strived for his children to be the best writers they could be and hoped they would make a career of writing poems, plays, novels and many others types of literature. Patrick and his wife Maria had six children, five girls and one boy. These five girls took a greater liking to writing literature over their brother, Branwell Brontë. Since the Brontë sisters were from this well-known line of Brontë

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    Emily Bronte was born on July 30, 1818, in Thornton, Yorkshire, England. (“Emily Bronte” 1) She was the daughter of Reverend Patrick Bronte and Maria Branwell Bronte, and was the youngest of five children. (1) At the young age of three Emily and her family moved to Haworth with Emily’s new little sister, Anne. (1) When Anne was nine months old their mother passed away from cancer, Maria’s sister, Elizabeth Branwell came to live with and care for the children. (1) Years later when Emily was six, her

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    The Other Bronte Sister: Charlotte Essay

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    Would you expect a person who has endured countless tragedies to still achieve a life of success? Charlotte Bronte is an inspirational woman of the 1800s. She had always found a way to have success even when the odds were stacked against her. Charlotte Bronte has written many poems and books beginning at a young age with the help of her siblings. Charlotte is an empowering force to women explaining that if you want something back enough you can always achieve it. Charlotte has had quite the journey

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    experiences, and Emily Bronte was one of them. For the majority of Bronte’s life, people considered her different and treated her as an outcast. Feeling insecure, she became very attached to her family and home. Bronte’s writing comes from a private place influenced by her harsh upbringing giving reason as to why her writing style was heavily gothic with romance. This also helped develop her vivid imagination that is reflected in the description and imagery of her work. Bronte was born on July

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    The well-known play A Doll’s House was first published in 1879 and has elements and characters which support feminism, which in turn drew attention from the women’s rights movement. However, Ibsen (author of the Dolls House) states that he was not a feminist; rather, his play is about the human nature in general, and is not specifically about women’s rights. “Throughout the history of society, women and men both have faced the constricting roles forced upon them, from an early age; each gender

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    Emily Brontë was born on July 30, 1818 and died December 19 , 1848 which made her 30 years old at death. Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848) was born in Thornton, Yorkshire. Her father, Patrick Brontë, married Maria Branwell of Penzance in 1812, and by 1820 (2), when he moved to Haworth in Yorkshire as rector, there were six children : Maria, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne.(Adnax Publications). Within that thirty years Emily lived a very interesting life. Emily lost her mother when she

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