English Intro Notes to Jane Eyre

What year was Charlotte Bronte born in?
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What year was Charlotte Bronte born in?
1816, England
3rd ___________ of Patrick Bronte and Maria Branwell Bronte
daughter
She had __ _______ and __ _________
3 sisters and 1 brother
Her mother died of cancer when she was __ years old
5
Charlotte and 3 sisters went to _______ __________'s school
Clergy daughters
Two sisters died of ____________
tuberculosis
Who were the remaining kids? (4)
Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne
All children liked reading, and all wrote stories _________, and ____________ about ____________
articles
plays and poetry
imaginary lands
Charlotte eventually became a _________ to support the family; later resigned and became a private __________
teacher
governess
The attempt to start a ______ ________ with her sister, __________
girls school
failed
wrote under the pen name of Currer _________BellJane Eyre was Charlotte's _________ novel and was and immediate ________ ________second best sellerThe novel is highly __________________, meaning it reflects many of the events of Charlotte's actual lifeautobiographicalBranwell died. two sisters died. Charlotte became and accepted member of the ________ __________literary societyCharlotte never found true love, and married a man she merely admire, Reverand ___________NichollsMarriage and caring for her sick father left her little time for ________writingShe died pregnant at the age of ______38Few _______; depended ________ _______; could not _______rights male counterparts voteWomen had the same rights as _______childrenHusband's role was __________; Wife's role was __________protection obedienceHusbands could not divorce wives for __________; wives had to prove both _________ and another crime in order to divorceadultery adulteryLater, women could divorce solely on charges of ___________ and ________________cruelty and retain custody of their childrena woman's role was household _____- most important dutymanagerwomen were only educated in subjects that would help them manage the _________ and raise __________household childrenOnly women of ________ class workedlowerwas an educated middle class woman, usually hired by middle-class or upper-class familiesgovernesgothic horror was a popular writing style in ____ and ______ century in england18th 19thwriting encounters _____-, complex family ______, incidents of _______/insanity, revelations of shocking _______ghosts histories madness secrets