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[@BookishTexan]

That was excellent. It seems interesting to me -- or perhaps predictable - that Charlotte viewed her own male character more romantically than those of her sister's novels. Would be interested in reading your thoughts about Gilbert's character from _The Tenant of Wildfell Hall_ . To me he seems to have taken the opposite character arc from Arthur -- as he ages he gets better where as Arthur gets worse. To me he still isnt worth of Helen.

[@bobbiesuedavis5406]

I don't know if it's just me, but when i read Jane Eyre and i come to part where Jane is living with the Rivers family at Moor House, i start to think maybe Charlotte took qualites of her brother and sisters and put them into the fictional characters of St. John, Mary, and Diana.

[@deblawrence8341]

Interesting thought!

[@larissabarreto8879]

i do feel like Mr. Rochester has some level of character development, but i also feel like that if all the bad things didn't happen to him he'd be the same, even if Jane had never come back for him. He'd be just more bitter bc Jane left him, but he'd be almost the same

[@ginnykestel9918]

What book are you reading Charlotte’s letters from? I would love to know.

hi, Lucy! this is a bit off topic, but what camera and microphone do you use for your videos?

[@KierTheScrivener]

I loved this discussion. I love the research and the how you look at so many aspects

[@chymbra8582]

Great Video. I agree with Charlotte's interpretation of the male characters you discussed.

[@barbararuiz1525]

It is a pleasure to listen to you 👌🏽👏🏽

[@Chesh35]

Thanks for making this video Lucy! I wanted such a discussion from quite some time 😀. I felt much more sympathy for Heathcliff than for Mr. Rochester. May be it's due to the childhood Heathcliff had. On the other hand similar horrible childhood of Jane Eyre made me sympathetic to her! I think both the male characters were morally incorrect at many places but the justification given for Heathcliff was more convincing to me than that of Mr. Rochester's. That being said, none of the novels were a five star read for me, but if I have to choose one it'll be Wuthering Heights since I liked a lot better than Jane Eyre.

[@sararoberts3250]

What book did the letter come out of? I would like to get a copy and read some more. Thanks. This video was great!

[@funjuror]

Hi I have been to the Parsonage three times now, on my last visit ,September, they had Branwell's portrait on loan from the London Gallery. A very knowledgeable young lady was angering my questions, I wondered if that was you.

[@witchf4ce310]

Charlotte seemed to be quite the judgmental, short sighted woman, who cared a lot about perfection and what people thought of her, and how a person (a woman specifically) should’ve acted at that time. Which is why she also kind of diminishes the genius of her sisters’ work after they passed. A great writer but definitely my least favorite sister on a more personal level, from what we know of the sisters. I love your videos on the Brontës, they’re so informative and interesting!

[@ZeeZeeDreaming]

This was really interesting!

[@HerodotVonHalikarnas]

First of all, let me tell you that the effort you put into your videos is much appreciated. I think that Charlotte's comment on Heathcliff illustrates the whole problem of his character, because neither the kind elderly man who treated him well, nor is foster sibling's malice towards him regarded him as an upright human being. The old man's approach to Heathcliff could be described in Rudyard Kipling's phrase "white man's burden" a few lines from said poem can illustrate their bias towards Heathcliff quite well: "[...] Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half-devil and half-child." The other people treat the young Heathcliff as an ignoble savage. So, in essence, either side imposes a narrow and onesided perspective on Heathcliff. Is it any wonder that Heathcliff chooses to become the monster he is always suspected to be? Through the outside perspective of the narrators we learn of a few instances showing that Heathcliff also has sentiments which do not fit these half-hearted views, namely his broken heart and undying love for Catherine. So, it could be possible that Emily protested against this perspective, but tbh I'm not enough of a Bronte scholar to show this conclusively.

[@dianasayem7056]

I like your accent is it Rp accent ?

[@funjuror]

Opps meant to say answering my questions.

[@ejb1268]

Please can you pronounce Brontë correctly? There is a diaeresis which pronounces the 'e'.

[@Fahadaltamime]

Wait for translation 😅

[@SannaJankarin]

Are you a natural blonde? ❤️

[@layma5113]

Hi Lucy 😊 It's a little bit off topic, but I'd like to recommend to you a book by Sady Doyle called "Trainwreck: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear... and Why". There is an entire chapter dedicated to Charlotte and her "controversial" at the time private life. Overall it's an incredible feminist book and it provides a very modern look at women who are famous or notorious.