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A 7 page paper looking at Susanna Rowson's Charlotte Temple and Herman Melville's Pierre in terms of their emphasis on sin and death. The paper concludes that both novels end so tragically because eighteenth and nineteenth-century society could not accept any other retribution for turning one's back on society. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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a pure and guileless person falling - through little fault of his or her own - into poverty and heartbreak, and, after suffering all sorts of completely undeserved tribulations, dying
in the prime of young woman- or manhood. This plot summary could certainly be said to cover both Herman Melvilles infrequently-read novel Pierre, as well as Susanna Rowsons Charlotte Temple.
Rowsons novel tells the story of a young woman who was seduced and persuaded to elope with a young man of low repute, who obviously did not have her
best interests at heart; Montraville was momentarily entranced by Charlottes innocent, virginal beauty, and retained his interest only long enough to separate her from her parents, get her on a
boat for America, and make her pregnant. From that point on, society took over. Charlottes compromised condition now excluded her from any participation in polite society; the generous Mrs. Beauchamp
actually has to ask her husbands permission to associate with Charlotte, and this permission is only granted, Rowson infers, because Beauchamp is such a compassionate, Christian man. Throughout the novel,
it is important to note, Charlotte retains her pure spirit and pathetic innocence. She does not become the stereotype of the fallen woman (Miss La Rue, later Mrs. Craydon, has
that part covered). Even in her disconcerted and distracted mental state after the birth of her child, Charlotte is able to pray for pages at a time, and a positive
glow of radiant piety surrounds her throughout the book. The reason we are supposed to feel so sorry for the hapless Charlotte is because she is so completely undeserving of
all the calumny that befalls her. Nonetheless, Rowsons readers were expected to recognize that Charlotte had sinned, and sinned mightily. That her clandestine meetings with Montraville could lead to heartbreak,
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