%0 Book %A Ali Alhaj %D 2015 %C Hamburg, Germany %I Anchor Academic Publishing %@ 9783954893829 %T The Portrayal of Women in Charlotte Bronte's Shirley %U https://m.anchor-publishing.com/document/293446 %X The present study aims at examining the portrayal of women in Charlotte Bronte's Shirley. The study is divided into four chapters in addition to a conclusion. Chapter One: casts light on Charlotte Bronte as one of the most prominent female novelists in the nineteenth century. It also traces Charlotte Bronte as a subjective novelist who is concerned to convey a subjective impression. Chapter Two: provides a historical and critical background of her age in which she matured and originated the main literary tendencies which affected and swayed her and decided the expression and manner of her writings. Chapter Three: traces Charlotte Bronte's Contribution, Reputation and Influence. Moreover, Charlotte Bronte's writing is a powerful agent in her effect. Chapter Four : is devoted to the portrayal of women in Charlotte Bronte's Shirley, in which Charlotte Bronte sets up moral, spiritual and social problems such as the position of women, but evades a solution to the complications by dropping the problem and substituting the conventional solution of marriage. %K Charlotte Bronte's Shirley, women, nineteenth century %G English