Charlotte Bartlett
Quote 1
"Oh, for a real man! We are only two women, you and I. Mr. Beebe is hopeless. There is Mr. Eager, but you do not trust him. Oh, for your brother! He is young, but I know that his sister's insult would rouse in him a very lion. Thank God, chivalry is not yet dead. There are still left some men who can reverence woman" (7.21).
Here, Charlotte claims to seek a man who can “reverence” women, but what she’s actually doing is reverencing men herself. In her world view, women can’t – and shouldn’t – defend themselves against anything.