The Victorian era must have been a boring time for house wives and children. So‚ what was the saving grace that took their boredom away? Parlor games! So‚ what was so great about them? What were the most popular games? Who made the games? What ones are still being played today? Parlor games were a big hit in the Victorian era and some are still being played today. Here are a few of the best. Squeak piggy squeak‚ a mixture and twist of blind man’s bluff. This was a game that was very popular in the
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Times in Victorian Era were rough. I will share with you the conditions the prisons were in‚ what courts there were‚ and even about the very first policemen they had. Prisons in the Victorian Era were not a pleasant pace to be. The conditions in the prisons were unnecessary‚ sometimes the prisoners wanted to hang themselves‚ and if they did a bad crime that is most likely to happen.Crime during the Victorian Era was harsh. It was punished with small gross prisons‚ work‚ and sometimes even death.
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The era of dandies is what some people call the Victorian Era when thinking about the fashion in Victorian‚ England at the time. Corsets and crinolines were big in fashion for women during Victorian times. Women wanted to have an hourglass figure where the torso had to be as small as your age. “Victorian clothes were a symbol of who you were‚ what you did for a living‚ and how much money was in your bank account” (Rose‚ Tudor. “Victorian Clothes.” 1). The fashion is forever changing from how it
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year during the Victorian Era to one of the many fatal diseases that you could have caught. This topic is about the diseases that many British people caught in the Victorian era. Some were fatal some were bearable. Some had cures as others didn’t. It was different back then because they did not have cures for things like the flu‚ now days we do. There were many of very bad diseases out there and many of them were deadly. Smallpox like many of the other diseases in the Victorian era was very much
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In the Victorian Era‚ women had an important role. There were different classes of women‚ but they overall had the same role. Women were supposed to center their lives around their children and husbands. Being a woman in Victorian England was a life full of physical and mental abuse along with a denial of progress outside of the home. Women in the Victorian Era were mainly abused. Physical abuse or “wife beating” was socially acceptable during the Victorian times. “Wife beating” was present in all
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Do you ever wonder about what people of the Victorian era did differently than us now? There are multiple sources concerning the Victorian era by numerous authors who discuss the lifestyle of the people living in this time. In those sources‚ many things are different such as medical training‚ education‚ literature and the way they celebrated holidays‚ just to name a few. To begin‚ in the Victorian era medical workers were trained by men already in the practice through apprenticeship.
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Society in the Victorian Age did not see that it was necessary for women to have an education. The only source of education for women was often found in wealthier people who could hire a governess to teach‚ but still the education that was being taught was usually about manners and responsibility. Women were still thought of as the underdog to men. In 1850 education began to pick up for women. As it is stated by Wukovits (2013)‚ "North London Collegiate School was the first to operate for girls
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Women have always struggled to get equality they deserved from the society Victorian era to 21st Century due to male dominance‚ depression‚ hysteria‚ and gender roles. Female suppression is mostly due to male dominance because the men also feel like they were better and strong than the women. In the Victorian Era‚ women faced a lot challenges considering equality and rights compared to the 21st century. In the 21st century‚ Women have received more equality and rights in general society thanks to
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The Victorian Era‚ a time period spanning from the early nineteen hundreds to the beginning of the twentieth century‚ was marked by a set of cultural ideals that greatly differed from today’s standards of living and social interaction. These standards usually concentrated on how one should act in public to uphold their honor and decency. Furthermore‚ the Victorians considered it inappropriate to mention sex in any shape and form. This tendency is present in the literature of the time. Novelists
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a reason to change‚ particularly‚ attire from a different time era. Either to reveal character and personal tastes‚ to show status or the time period when they were born. A prime example of such fashion being the Victorian Era of clothing. Garments in this time period ranged in many styles as the years pass‚ all of which unique in its own way. Men‚ women‚ and children specifically. To begin with‚ women’s appearance in the Victorian era was constantly being modified. For example‚ hair was worn either
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