The Red Room Charlotte Bronte

She had heard the stories of it being.

The red room charlotte bronte. The famous novel jane eyre by charlotte brontë is one of the finest examples of a fictional work with profuse uses of space in the period. New short stories inspired by the brontës continues unthank books commitment to celebrating the short story. The red room in which the little jane eyre is locked as a punishment for her panicky defense of herself against her cousin john reed is the first noteworthy use of space in the novel. The red room itself was a frightening room for any child.

One of the punishments jane remembers most vividly is her internment in the isolated and abandoned red room formerly belonging to jane s deceased uncle. The red room symbolizes jane s character bronte shows this in the form of pathetic fallacy. Red is often used in conjunction with the themes of passion and fury and the descriptions such as the curtains of deep red damask mirror physically jane s passionate character. The red room and jane s imprisonment charlotte brontë s protagonist endured a harsh life in the home of her benefactress her cruel aunt mrs.

The collection includes twelve new stories by some of britain s most accomplished writers many of whom have won prizes such as the macmillan pen prize the bbc national short story award the frank o connor international short story award and the v.