Emily bronte

Question 1

Gondal

Answer 1

Imaginary world her and Anne made as children, returned to this Anne illness / going to die.

[all Bronte poems in your anthology are from Gondal collection]

Question 2

Death

Answer 2

Her brother and sisters all died young, Mary died 1848. When wrote ‘to wreath snow’ Anne very ill

Question 3

Background of bronte

Answer 3

Liberal, academic education, isolation, no evidence friends outside family

Question 4

How was she described as a child

Answer 4

Liked animals more people, confused and strange child - talk to animals sure they could understand her

Question 5

Who was she inspired by

Answer 5

Byron, Wordsworth and Shakespeare

Question 6

What did her tales usually include

Answer 6

Betrayal, revenge and death

Question 7

Amelda

Answer 7

A Princess of Gondal,brave and powerful but also selfish - became queen and brought men to her feet

Question 8

What happened to people who loved Amelda and what is the effect of this?

Answer 8

All be subject to tragedy, linking death & love (context). Hints at darker aspects and deeper desires in Brontes poetry

Question 9

Publication

Answer 9

Her writing was extreamely private, but gave in to having some published collaboratively with Charlotte and Anne

Question 10

Irish famine and importance to poems

Answer 10

Preceding 1846, killed 1/4 population

References to hunger