character, and then almost immediately is turned the other way, showing the pity that Rowson feels for the character of Charlotte Temple. "However prudent Charlotte might be in these resolutions, she certainly did not take a proper method to conform herself in them" (Rowson 869). This 'flaw' of Charlotte's adds to the rhetoric force of the novel, and allows Rowson to show her readers exactly what she intends them to see.
             In the chapter entitled An Intriguing Teacher, Rowson is especially expressive about youth, love, and their disastrous repercussions. "The mind of youth eagerly catches at promised pleasure: pure an innocent by nature, it thinks not of the dangers lurking beneath those pleasures, till too late to avoid them" (Rowson 863). Rowson is setting the reader up for what is to come, and also showing a view of the main character and the action that could be easily overlooked. She is showing the reader that all of the mistakes that Charlotte made, are caused by the "dangers" that are "lurking" in Montraville, La Rue, and many other places of pleasure. If the reader picks these subtle clues about the author's point of view, they cannot judge Charlotte so harshly.
             After Charlotte meets with Montraville, Rowson tells us "Charlotte had taken one step in the ways of imprudence; and when that is once done, there are always innumerable obstacles to prevent the erring person returning to the path of rectitude" (Rowson 865). Charlotte is a caring person, which is her most admirable quality and also, in a way, her downfall. Charlotte wanted to show the letter to the governess, but told herself she could not be ungrateful to La Rue. In this same thought, she says that she can tell Montraville that she can no longer see him. Charlotte "flattered herself that her resolution was not to be shaken" (Rowson 869). Montraville, being so eloquent, asks...