Would you expect someone who has endured countless tragedies to still succeed? Charlotte Brontë is an inspiring woman of the 19th century. She had always found a way to succeed, even when the odds were against her. Charlotte Brontë wrote many poems and books from a young age with the help of her siblings. Charlotte is an empowering force for women, explaining that if you want something in return, you can always achieve it. Charlotte experienced quite a journey filled with inspiration throughout her life, later, and even in the writings of her poetry. Charlotte “Jane Eyre” Bronte was born on April 21, 1816. She was the third daughter of six children. In 1824, Charlotte and her older sisters, Maria and Elizabeth Brontë, enrolled at the Cowan Bridge Clergy Daughters' School and graduated. Shortly after Charlotte's younger sister, Emily, joined them at school, Maria and Elizabeth became very ill. Charlotte's father, Patrick Brontë, requested that Maria and Elizabeth be sent home to be cared for. Charlotte and Emily had to go to Cowan Bridge alone; however, that didn't last long as their father quickly called them home as well. The following year, Elizabeth and Maria both died of consumption. The deaths of these two beloved sisters took a toll on the Bronte family, forcing the remaining siblings to stick together to support each other and become best friends. Charlotte, her brother Branwell, Emily and her youngest sister Anne began writing epic stories and poems together, often set in the kingdom of Gondal. This was the beginning of the legacy that Charlotte Brontë would leave behind. (Gerin, 169 years old) Later in Charlotte Brontë's life, she decided ...... middle of paper ...... It was also a reflection of the desire she felt for Angeria as well as the anxious need to reconcile his desire to write with the need to continue teaching for a living. The poem then goes into a retrospective and explains the incompatibility of Charlotte's imaginative life with her real life. (www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/charlotte-bronte) Work cited page 1. http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1036615.Charlotte_Bront_2. Bentley, Phyllis. The Brontës and their world. The Viking Press: New York, 1969.3. Gérin, Winifred. Charlotte Brontë: The Evolution of Genius. Oxford University Press: Great Britain, 1967.4. http://www.incompetech.com/authors/cbronte/5. Brontë, Charlotte. Shirley. Smith, Elder and Co, 65, Cornhill: London, 1849.6. www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-the-death-of-anne-bront7. www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/charlotte-bronte