tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074545955842912793.post1438474655440068267..comments2024-03-26T23:35:38.726+01:00Comments on the Brontë Sisters: Branwell Bronte was a visionaryGeri Meftah Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00596915249757782612noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074545955842912793.post-88215077246424168702013-10-30T20:14:13.551+01:002013-10-30T20:14:13.551+01:00. In some cultures visionaries are raised to the l...<i>. In some cultures visionaries are raised to the level of shamans and wise men, their perceptions respected for the insights they bring but few people recognised Branwell’s talents. The loudest voices are heard first and the most persistent voices often get to write history. These voices have, maybe unwittingly for the most part, perpetuated the more negative aspects of Branwel’ls persona. </i><br /><br />I have to say I can hear "young Patrick", as the village called Branwell, and John Brown laugh over this. He was trying to live as Duke Northangerland...not some wisdom figure. <br />The idea would make him shudder it seems to me . He wanted to be thought dangerous , not wise <br /><br />And I wish those who write this way had to mop up just some of the messes Branwell made during those last three years at home...for that is the reality the non drunkards have to deal with <br /><br />I will say there is a psychological transition between childhood , youth and adulthood and thanks to their genius and extraordinary childhoods, the Brontes struggled with that transition far more than in the usual way <br /><br />Emily and Branwell never made it over. As far as they were concerned there was no advantage to it and in large measure they refused to make the passage . This was achievable for Emily. She could stay at home and live her life as she wished. <br /><br />But Branwell was deeply attracted by the world beyond...and as he grew older, his insistence to live as Percy Northangerland in the world became ever more impossible .<br /><br />He could suppress it for a time and make a success. But he would then get bored and the Byronic needs would burst out again. Finally Branwell was no longer able to suppress them and the world beyond was reduced to the Parsonage and Bull tap room <br /><br />Charlotte, did make the changeover ; but only in later life when she was at last forced to by simply living longer and alone . Her struggle to accept Arthur Bell Nicholls was about this. She was learning to value " the mixed cup" that is, adult life. Charlotte found she really did. Sadly she didn't get to enjoy it long <br /><br />Thanks to Aunt's influence, Anne had not as hard a time...as a young girl, she had her religious crisis at Roe Head , successfully saw to her own transition ( even knew herself who should be called help her ) and went on...this was why she could keep a job imo unlike her siblings Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05033117202223821117noreply@blogger.com