Chatterton | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Bristol - This is the small town where Thomas Chatterton was born and raised.

St. Mary Redcliffe Church - This is the church where Chatterton's father worked until three months before Chatterton was born. It is also where Chatterton found fragments of manuscripts that inspired his Rowley sequence.

The Garret on Brooke Street, Holborn - This is where Chatterton committed suicide.

Arsenic and opium - This is the cure Chatterton took to cure his clap.

Leno Antiques - This is the junk store where Charles trades his books on flutes for the portrait...
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