The Red Room Charlotte Bronte

Anne emily and charlotte brontë by branwell brontë c.

The red room charlotte bronte.

The red room and jane s imprisonment charlotte brontë s protagonist endured a harsh life in the home of her benefactress her cruel aunt mrs. The collection includes twelve new stories by some of britain s most accomplished writers many of whom have won prizes such as the macmillan pen prize the bbc national short story award the frank o connor international short story award and the v. New short stories inspired by the brontës continues unthank books commitment to celebrating the short story. The red room itself was a frightening room for any child.

The red room symbolizes jane s character bronte shows this in the form of pathetic fallacy. Knowing that her uncle had died in the room made jane have second thoughts of going to this room. The red room in which the little jane eyre is locked as a punishment for her panicky defense of herself against her cousin john reed is the first noteworthy use of space in the novel. The red house and charlotte brontë mary taylor and charlotte brontë first met at roe head school in mirfield just four miles from red house in gomersal and seventeen miles from the haworth parsonage that charlotte and her sisters anne and emily brontë made famous.

The famous novel jane eyre by charlotte brontë is one of the finest examples of a fictional work with profuse uses of space in the period.