Friday, 30 August 2013

Listening Comprehension “In Search of the Bröntes”

1.- Who is said to have influences the sisters' lives and why?

Their father because he shaped their minds

2.- What tragedy struck the Brönte family?

Half of the brothers died before the age of six years old and the mother died.

3.- What's the Brönte father's background?

Was the son of a poor irish farmer, who put effort for obtaining a scholarship and becoming a clergyman.

4.- How is it said that Emily Brönte coped with homesickness?

With her poetry.

5.- What is Haworth described like in the times the Brönte lived there?

As a romantic village

6.- What is a recurrent theme in Charlotte's writing (based on her experience as a child)?

The lost mother.

7.- How did the Brönte father try to salvage the situation with his family after his wife's death?

Looking for another woman in his life to fill that space left by his wife in him and his family.

Image Analysis

Landscapes
Mountain
Death
Graves
Church
Religion
Nature
Dry
Rocks
Clock tower
Valley


I lived in a very green landscape in west Yorkshire in a valley at the feet of a mountain where it was the presence of the smell of the lavanda in the morning and dry landscapes near a church where the death was present with a great number of graves, although this the religion I have faith on was still present with God to protect us.