#charlotte putnam selton martin

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Characters: Benjamin Martin / Ghost and Charlotte Putnam Selton Martin

Media: The Patriot (2000)

Played by: Mel Gibson and Joely Richardson

Setting: 1770s, Charleston

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Benjamin Martin lives a quiet life as a farmer and widower with his seven rambunctious children (Gabriel, Thomas, Samuel, Margaret, Nathan, William, and Susan), trying to leave behind his reputation as a fierce warrior in the French and Indian War.

Charlotte Selton is the widowed sister of Benjamin’s deceased wife, and while she has always cared for Benjamin and his children deeply, she develops new feelings for Benjamin in seeing how he cares for his family.

When the American colonies decide to fight for their freedom from England, Benjamin initially refuses to fight, choosing to stay and protect his family. However, after Gabriel joins the army and Thomas is murdered by a cruel English colonel, Benjamin leaps headfirst into the war, leading the South Carolina militia and leaving his children in Charlotte’s care. However, circumstances will once again place Benjamin and Charlotte together, and their long-buried feelings for one another will have one more chance to resurface.

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