1. ****Note that all chapters must be finished when you arrive to class that day!! Tues, March 31: Ch 1-11 Tues, April 7: Ch 12-19 Fri, April 17: Ch 20-24 Thurs, April 23: Ch 25-31 Fri, May 1: Ch 32-38

2.  DOB: Yorkshire, England 1816  Teacher/governess  Sister of Emily Bronte ( Wuthering Heights )  She first published poems under a pen name  Used Gothic elements in her fiction  Married a minister for security, not for love  Died in 1854 at the age of thirty-eight and pregnant; TB was probable cause

3.  Depended solely on their male counterparts- husbands, fathers, and brothers-for support  Once married, all her belongings became the property of her husband, including any kids!! The law viewed a couple as one unit, controlled by the husband.Husbands could divorce their wives for adultery, but women could not divorce their husbands  Women were treated with care and were generally protected

4.  Studied subjects that would prove useful in raising children or in managing a household;literature, painting, music  If working outside their home, middle-class women’s only options were teaching, nursing, or taking care of another family’s children (governess)  Lower-class women: maids, unskilled factory workers  Only men went to universities; they studied Latin, science, law  higher education (college) was closed to women until 1848

5.  Nanny/female teacher who lived with a family  Taught children (females) the necessary subjects for accomplished ladies: foreign language, drawing, reading, writing, music  She was above a servant but beneath the family, and so she was not treated as part of the family

6.  Classic horror story, popular in England during 19 th -20 th centuries  Evoked a sense of mystery, fear, and terror  Fiction included mysterious happenings, frightening scenes, and supernatural occurrnces as important elements of plot  Gothic conventions: gloomy, desolate landscape descriptions, ghostly encounters, complex family histories, incidents of maddness, and revelations of shocking secrets.