Charlotte Temple

Charlotte Temple

Introduction

In Chapter II, of “Charlotte Temple”, Rawson renders some invaluable pearls of wisdom and portrays the attitude men and society, in general. The writer successfully establishes the parallels between the fictitious story and real life and demonstrates that one should marry for love not money. The narration in the second chapter flashes back to the period prior to charlotte's birth. The writer portrays the feelings of her in-affluent and dignified father, Henry Temple, in a touching and unambiguous manner. Mr. Temple had earned the valuable lesson from the unhappy marriages of his siblings that one should opt for love ...