Caryl Churchill’s Cloud 9‚ are apt at critiquing victorian society. Yet‚ the plays are somewhat thematically different. The critiques present in The Importance of Being Earnest focus on the victorian obsession with appearances‚ whereas those in Cloud 9 have a greater emphasis on colonialism and the repression of gender and sexuality. Both works are highly relevant to the society and time in which they were published. Hence‚ although both critique victorian society‚ Churchill also discusses modern society
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The Victorian age (1832-19019: GENERAL FEATURES The 1832 Great Reform Bill is generally taken as the watershed between the Romantic Age and the so-called Victorian Age. The age that was taking shape in those years and that ended at the beginning of our century was much less homogeneous than it may appear at a superficial analysis. It was an age of extremes and contradictions under a surface of balance and respectability. The key-ideas that intersected in the seventy years of Queen Victoria’s
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Education in Victorian England was different from today’s schooling in many aspects. The malicious treatment of students at boarding schools frequently included being beaten and almost starved. Some children died as a consequence of the harsh way of life. Officials at these schools commonly censored mail and did not let pupils take vacations home‚ so parents had little to no knowledge of these problems. However‚ many children still attended these schools‚ because public education was more expensive
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Victorian mores are the unspoken rules known and observed by society. In the eighteen-hundreds several mores were very important including justice‚ Christianity‚ high standards of honesty and morality‚ and women’s roles. All good people are part of a family‚ a Christian family and women are to serve men as they stand unequal to them. Marriage is simply a tool to gain more money and connections‚ and only people of the same social class are worthy of each other. Whichever social class someone is born
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the most treasured and classic literature of all time. The stories are filled with exciting plotlines and memorable characters that we still enjoy today. Some famous 19th century fictitious novels include: Allan Quartermain by H. Rider Haggard‚ Dracula by Bram Stoker‚ The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells‚ The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson and‚ Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. The main characters of these novels make up The League of Extraordinary
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protection offered by His Majesty’s government is not in the best interest of our beloved merchants of England. But we should never forget the very strength of our nation and the merchants upon whom our future rests… Within the times of this great era‚ England has reached great commercial leadership under a powerful system of economic regulations known as mercantilism. Aimed at increasing the power of the state and towards creating a favorable balance of foreign trade‚ mercantilism can and will increase
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industrialization‚ and modernization—have all significantly changed the way we live our lives. By the nineteenth century‚ the Industrial Revolution was in full swing; with rapid industrialization‚ rapid urbanization also began to occur. By 1854‚ Victorian London‚ riding on the winds of the Industrial Revolution‚ grew into the biggest city the world had ever seen. Cities‚ essentially‚ are large congregations of people in a certain area. In rural areas‚ the sparse population density allows for the
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Modern History assessment task 1 – Charlotte Goodman Explain the impact of the growth of the middle class on the development of democracy in Victorian Britain. During the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837-1901 Great Britain pioneered Democracy in the industrialised world. The growing middle class demanded their rights‚ leading the nation into a rapid growth in Democracy. Industrialisation and urbanization fuelled the growth employment‚ education and literacy which improved the public’s awareness
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GRAPHIC BUILDING ANALYSIS – FITZROY TOWN HALL HISTORY The Victorian Gold Rush of the mid-late nineteenth heralded in a new era of prosperity and growth in Melbourne. The first suburb in the flourishing city‚ Fitzroy was declared a municipality in 1858‚ a town in 1870. and a city in 1878; the Fitzroy Town Hall was built in accordance with the area’s “increasing stature” (MICHAEL O’BRIEN HEART AND SOUL ETC)‚ intended to represent the growth and progress of the city of Fitzroy after residents demanded
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Bisexuality in Dracula Everyone needs a role model‚ someone they look up to‚ monsters included. Mitchell Lewis quoted “In other words‚ Dracula is portrayed as a monster not only because he is a vampire but also because he crosses the line in terms of gender‚ causing others to do so as well.” Sexuality and gender are the main topics and arguments in Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula. Dracula‚ along with the women vampires who look up to him are all expressed as bisexual because they are attracted to the
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