19th century: period of growing consciousness‚ restlessness which promulgated the formation of two major movements Propaganda Movement (failed) Revolutionary Movement (replaces the PM) Leaders: Jose Rizal Marcelo H. Del Pilar Lopez Jaena Members: Pedro Paterno Ponce Panganiban Antonio Luna *They worked for the Philippines’ assimilation as a Spanish province and equal treatment of the Filipinos as for the Spaniards *Writings in this period cannot be called literature
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their respective stories. In A Doll’s House‚ Nora forges a signature to help save her dying husband’s life‚ while the unnamed narrator in “The Yellow Wallpaper” rips down wallpaper that symbolizes her emotional confinement. Women of the mid-19th century had no such choices. Most lived in a state little better than slavery. They had to obey men‚ because in most cases men held all the resources and women had no independent means of subsistence. A wealthy widow or spinster was a lucky exception.
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themes of marriage and love. It describes how many people in the 19th Century believed that matrimony was the defining moment of a woman’s life‚ and that it was vital for sustaining financial stability and social standing. Despite the pressing ‘need’ for women to marry‚ characters throughout the story possess various views of marriage. Jane Austen shows how material needs can dictate the hearts true desires through a range of characters which battle between the romance and reason for marriage. For example
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Finney- the greatest of the revival preachers of the 1830s who eventually became the president of Oberlin College. Burned-over district- the religious scene in Upstate New York‚ particularly the western and central regions of the state‚ in the early 19th century‚ which was repeatedly "burned over" by religious revivals of the Second Great Awakening Joseph Smith- the founder of the Mormon Church. Mormon Church- members of the Church of Latter Day Saints created by Joseph Smith and led later by Brigham
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in the 19th Century. After studying and interpreting Charlotte Perkins Gillman’s short story ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’‚ I am able to make the hypothesis that Gillman uses the yellow wallpaper to expose oppression against women living in patriarchal society in the 19th Century. The short story is written based on Gillman’s own life when she underwent “nervous prostration” after the birth of her daughter. Gillman allows her readers to understand the perspective of a female in the 19th century and how
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Changes In Time Throughout Jane Austen’s novel‚ “Pride and Prejudice”‚ she uses time in many different ways. Though it is evident that the novel is set in the nineteenth century‚ it is obvious how it has retained it’s charm and appeal to readers through time. While retaining it’s value through it‚ time is used in a very different way in the novel. As one reads‚ characters are seen using their time wisely‚ wasting time‚ and killing time. Among all else‚ characters are exposed to long periods
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“Female characters are often represented as being constrained by their societies.” Explore the presentation of female characters in the light of this statement. During the 18th and 19th century it was believed that women and men were divided into two separate spheres that influenced and defined their roles in society. The private sphere is typically the woman’s role where they were obliged to complete what at the time was perceived to be feminine duties‚ such as cooking and caretaking
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strongly against this and this is portrayed throughout the novel with the theme of deception highlighting how the people in education and of power treated others for their own selfish needs. Dickens was strongly against the social injustices of 19th Century England and his theme of deception is highlighted through the “one thing needful” in the book‚ which is the education system of the Victorian era. Children of the Victorian era were afraid of their teachers as they were regularly canned and deceived
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Nicole Miller 12/26/14 Law and Society For women in the 19th century‚ marriage was a binding contract that required them to sign their life away to the man that they loved. They lost all of the rights to their property‚ their income‚ and basically their independence. Women were expected to keep the household tidy and running smoothly‚ as well as earn some type of living that didn’t require much of leaving the house. Women were also expected to present their husbands with everything they needed‚
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Compare and explore how Shakespear and Austen present attitudes to love and marriage in ‘much ado about nothing’ and ‘pride and prejudice.’ Shakespeare and Austen use different ways of presenting attitudes towards love and marriage‚ Shakespeare uses a play and Austen uses a novel. Although they use different forms they both use very alike techniques and story lines‚ but in particular their characterisations and ways of contrasting are very corresponding and give a very similar effect on the reader
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