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Daniela Sanchez
Ms. Gardner
English 10 Honors, 0 period
27 October 2014
Annotated Bibliography
Berglund, Birgitta. "In Defence of Madame Beck." Bront Studies 30, no. 3 (November 2005):
185211. Quoted as "In Defence of Madame Beck" in Bloom, Harold, ed. The Bronts,
New Edition, Bloom's Modern Critical Views. New York: Chelsea House Publishing,
2008. Bloom's Literature. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 10 November 2014
Berglunds literary criticism offers an insight to how Villette is to an extent, a form of her
own autobiography. Berglund specifies the switch in narration as Charlotte describes
herself. From the approach to show a varied form of Charlottes life, to show Madame
Becks, an important role in this play, tremendous influence on the novel, and to reveal
the the character Lucy Snow and her insecurities, unreliable personality, and her tendency
to accuse others due to their personality or have esteem towards some.

Berglunds criticism offers aid in discovering the aim of the book and how to relate it to
the authors life and narration throughout the book. The article offers a thorough and
concise overview of Lucy Snowes life and her accusations of Madame Beck;
furthermore, it accurately describes the relationship and traits of these two prominent
characters. The honest tone and diction of the article supports the encouraging approach
to scrutinize and read the book in order to find inspiration from the stimulating life of
Lucy Snowe.

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Weyant, Karen. "Examining the Novels of the Bront Sisters." In Bloom, Harold, ed. The Bront
Sisters, Bloom's BioCritiques. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishing, 2002. Bloom's
Literature. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 14 Nov. 2014
Although secluded, Weyant notices that Charlotte wanted to change the world with her
novel. It is noticed as well that a journey through places, careers, and homes are always
introduced in Charlottes novels and that like the ghastly nun in Villette, Charlotte has
many gothic elements in her intricate novels. The exception of marriage in Villette is also
surprising for Weyant because all of the Bront novels include a form of prominent
marriage.

The lucid analysis of Villette is demonstrated as Villette notices the limitations Charlotte
had as a woman, the elements that consisted a vital part of her novels, and her journey.
This literary criticism aids those who are struggling to understand the lack of consistency
with Lucys desires in the novel, or those who are struggling to find why and where this
novel commenced. Weyants use of formal and descriptive diction and different views she
analyzes, allows the reader to fully understand the purpose of the novel and the effect it
should obtain.
Paddock, Lisa, and Carl Rollyson. "Bront, Charlotte." The Bronts A to Z: The Essential
Reference to Their Lives and Work, Literary A to Z. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2003.
Bloom's Literature. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 12 Nov. 2014
Paddock, Lisa, and Carl Rollyson summarize the main points of Charlottes life by setting
forth explanations of her writing style and by including crucial family details.

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They also provide the aspirations and desires of Charlotte and her sisters as they live
through their lives. Although Charlottes life is known to be full of misery and a suffering
woman, Charlotte produced several books, that the author connects the time period, that
show her suffering even after gaining happiness after being married with Reverend
Arthur Bell Nicholls.

Paddock, Lisa, and Carl Rollyson offer a coherent and exquisite work so that comparing
the events in Charlotte Brontes life to her novels is facile. A new view on her suffering in
novels or in her characters is exhibited and the writers use concise language to allow an
honest, easy, and comprehensible biography for any person. This article is insightful due
to the comparison of her siblings lives and the era in which she lived; it emphasizes the
life of the educated and precocious Charlotte who led a meaningful life for the readers.
Schatz, SueAnn. "Bront, Charlotte." In Maunder, Andrew. Facts On File Companion to
the British Short Story. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2007.Bloom's Literature.
Facts On File, Inc. Web. 12 Nov. 2014
Schatz, offers an emotional approach to Charlotte Brontes life as she mentions
Charlottes desire to reveal the struggle for finding identity, the struggle of selfesteem, and the struggle for your own independence. The styles of Charlottes
writing were identified through the different phases of her life and it mentions
briefly her mysterious brother who wrote plays with Charlotte. In the process,
Schatz offers a honest and prudent view on Charlottes life as she suffered not
only her own agony.

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Furthermore, Schatz shows the emotion of Charlotte in the biography and her
social stance. This vital biography helps to compare our difficulties to Charlottes
and to understand humanity. Rather than write 300 pages on Charlottes life,
Schatz uses immense and clear diction that leaves a mark on our brains of her
biography on Charlotte Bronte.
McClinton-Temple, Jennifer. "grief." McClinton-Temple, Jennifer, ed.Encyclopedia of Themes
in Literature.. New York: Infobase Publishing, 2011.Bloom's Literature. Facts On File,
Inc. Web. 13 Nov. 2014
Mclinton defines grief accurately by its senseless and ongoing time, its nature to make us
have a loss for words and to express grief is arduous. She also remarks on the ways we
express grief, for example, through literature or poetry by our diction and language. The
article clearly explains that several have a different meaning for grief and that the
symptoms of it can be images of the deceased, distress, or even guilt. Theories of grief
and plans on how to end grief have been tested and explained thoroughly in the article.

Mclinton used several examples to show theories and examples of literary works
in which the authors were in strenuous times and how they solved their own problems.
This article touches precisely the point that although literature might not take the entirety
of grief away, it has provided joy in the lives of many, even thousands of years ago. This
articles true perspective, and realistic approach ties how identity is lost when grief is
near; this connects to how the author used her characters to play a distinct version of her
life.
Visser, David. "identity." McClinton-Temple, Jennifer, ed. Encyclopedia of Themes in

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Literature.. New York: Infobase Publishing, 2011. Bloom's Literature. Facts On File, Inc.
Web. 13 Nov. 2014
Identity, your character, your significance, your personality, your name, and your
existence, is used in novels to illustrate the journey for your own sense of appreciation for
yourself and the satisfying approval of acknowledging who you are and your goals. Our
identities change yet they only evolve; this search of frustration and anxiety sure lasts a
lifetime. Literary works do help to identify the evolution of our identities and aid in
discovering your own self-esteem and weaknesses.

Vissers perspicuous examples and analysis on texts advises us about the real sense of
reality and how characters reached a sense of identity. She made it perceptible and
offered a check that as time changes we change as well and the notion to find identity is
due to many causes and has several effects. Visser provides us advantageous advice on
how to find our self identity and reminds of the importance it.