Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
I recently watched the show Queen Charlotte on Netflix and had the opportunity to analyze some of the characters. This show depicts the life of Charlotte, her evolution, marrying George, and becoming Queen and King. I found it very interesting because I started this show while learning about autonomy, relatedness, and emotional fusion in another class and this was an excellent example that depicted these topics.
Queen Charlotte has a powerful sense of self, she holds to her beliefs and doesn’t change herself for others or in order to fit society’s standards. George doesn’t have a great sense of self, he clearly struggles with mental/neurological issues that inhibit his ability to remember who he is. This causes him to sometimes go into episodes where he believes he is a farmer, heavily obsessing over the heavens, stars, and Venus which affect his ability to be King and rule over his people.
As the season progresses, Charlotte and George grow closer as Charlotte begins to see firsthand the struggle that George has maintaining a sense of self. George becomes heavily dependent on Charlotte, doesn’t have a strong sense of autonomy, and actually is a great example of emotional fusion.
Without Queen Charlotte present to help ground George and remind him of who he really is, he functions in a frenzy, they both lose their sense of autonomy and become almost too interrelated. In conclusion, George almost cannot function without Charlotte and she has begun to make taking care of George her entire purpose.
Over the duration of watching this show, it has been an interesting experience to notice character arcs, developing relationships, and character complexity as the season progresses. I think these actors/actresses nailed their roles to a T and did an excellent job portraying their given characters.
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