In search of the Bröntes

1. Who is said to have influenced the sister’s lives and WHY?

Mostly the father. He believed that the best for his daughters future was to make them become writters, this involve shapping their way of life.

2. What tragedy struck the Brönte family?

Both of Charlotte's older sisters died, also the mother died living the father in constant sadness

3. What’s the Brönte father’s background?

He was a very wealthy, generous man. He studied in Cambridge's Trinity College. He was a very lonely man because of his wife and daughters death.

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

Because she didn't openly express her emotions, she was very cold. She wrote poems to show her feelings (Jane Eyre did the same with drawings).

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

Because of the Industrial Revolution, Haworth had a lot of gothic styled buildings. 

6. What is a recurrent theme in Charlotte’s writing (based on her experience as a child)?

Her mother's death, and her difficulty to fit in society because of her hard childhood.

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

He needed a role model for his three daughters, cause a father figure wasn't enough, so he tried to find another wife marrying three times.