tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074545955842912793.post8602460945877419792..comments2024-03-26T23:35:38.726+01:00Comments on the Brontë Sisters: Charlotte Brontes radical courGeri Meftah Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00596915249757782612noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074545955842912793.post-56709426082781454522013-11-28T18:49:06.332+01:002013-11-28T18:49:06.332+01:00Charlotte's courage was amazing. It inspired a...Charlotte's courage was amazing. It inspired awe during her life time and even today. But she was born of very courageous people . Much courage is found in her parent's histories as well as her sister's and even Aunt! It's a family trait.<br /><br /><i>(Gaskell, who was a Unitarian, further skews Bronte’s beliefs as she interprets them through her own less-than-orthodox theological lens.)</i><br /><br />Few also seem to ponder if Mrs G 's attack on Patrick Bronte was in part an attack on the Established church itself...I think that has to be considered <br /><br /> The author points out CB's radical stances, but missed one of the most important : Charlotte did not believe God would forever damn one of his creations...( this creed is found though the books, but most simply it is explained by Helen Burns in Jane Eyre) very radical for her time and which she revived a good deal of criticism. It was clever to put it in the mouth of a child. That way it would be somewhat more acceptable...but not by much <br /><br />Anne held this belief too. It was what her teenage religious crisis was about. She knew who to call to help her there...someone who would assure her she was saved regardless as all were ....and she went on with that creed for the rest of her life . Looking at Emily's poems, <br /><br /><i>There is not room for Death,<br />Nor atom that his might could render void:<br />Thou -- Thou art Being and Breath,<br />And what Thou art may never be destroyed. </i><br /><br />I think it can be said she agreed .<br /><br /> For the sisters this stance was an answer to the Calvinism .They formed this answering creed within their hearts and also found it in nature. It's part of their devotion to the moors . Their God was a God of mercy...however that didn't mean they spared themselves the rod...both CB and Anne were very hard on themselves as " sinners" ...but in the end , could not agree God's creation would ever be lost or forever damned whatever its sins.<br /><br />That took courageAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05033117202223821117noreply@blogger.com