Charlotte Temple

Charlotte Temple

As I have read Susanna Rowsonл­© Charlotte Temple through an e-text version instead of a physical copy (having only obtained my copy through the college bookstore pre-order system well after having read the e-text), I will not indicate page numbers. I will instead indicate which paragraph of which chapter the quotations come from.

Quote the First: л°„ut Charlotte had made too great an impression on his mind to be easily eradicated: having therefore spent three whole days in thinking on her and in endeavouring to form some plan for seeing her, he determined to set off for Chichester, and trust to chance either to favour or frustrate his designs?(1.8).

My Understanding of Quote the First: The quoted passageл­© true meaning is subtle (i.e.; I am about to apply a certain level of English major-trained interpretation [i.e.? I am going to stretch the truth in such a way as to be passably understood as a legitimate interpretation (at least the English major would hope such to be the case with the reader)] in deciphering a deeper, overarching meaning from the words contained therein), but it connects with a theme evident throughout the rest of the story: The Pitfalls of Scheming. (A suitable echo effect would be good there.) Rowson is in this passage setting up the general mood of the relationships of the characters in the story. Generally speaking, the relationships of all the main characters are either illicit or scandalous in the eyes of society and