The Victorian Era was a period from 1837 to 1901 of “peace‚ prosperity‚ refined sensibilities and national self-confidence for Britain.” (Victorian Era‚ 2015) Sexuality was dominated by men. It was meant for procreation and women were only there to service their husbands. Husbands that did not insist on having sex were actually considered admirable. Anyone with sexual desire was considered lower class. Being a single mother was so shamed upon that the mother would usually end up giving away their
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Victorian Era Décor The Victorian Era featured many changes ranging from the role of women to the design of homes. Many elements of the home design changed from the Gothic Revival style to the Victorian style. The items people decorated with changed‚ and the way they filled their homes. This era was a beautiful era for so many reasons. Victorian Era Architecture Victorian architecture has many gorgeous features that make this style of architecture very distinctive. One feature of Victorian architecture
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Ghosts in the Victorian Era were fiction but that’s not what everybody thought. The people would curl up by the fire and tell you a ghost story. But don’t be alarmed by the creak of the floorboards‚ or the murmurs in the basement. The people in the Victorian Era told a lot of ghost stories around Christmas. They were fictional stories but were ghosts really just made up? Some believed ghosts were real and others didn’t‚ but how would we know if ghosts are real or not? The Victorian views on ghosts
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things to picture what prison was like in the victorian era. Prisoners and crime in the victorian era were not someplace you would want to be. The conditions were sometimes very unnecessary and cruel‚ it got to the point where the prisoners wanted to hang themselves and if they did something so bad‚ that’s exactly what happened.Crime and punishment was a lot more painful back in the victorian era‚ also the punishment would last for a while. In victorian britain punishments were very important but
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Servants Of Victorian Era Servants of Victorian Era is about how the women did all their work in their homes. They weren’t allowed to work outside of their homes. Dumb waiters‚ had transported meals quickly and easily. The shelf moves up and down a long tunnel or chote. a Bedchamber is considered very private. They were located on the second floor and were never viewed by visitors and even a glimpse was considered improper. What did the servants do? They washed dishes‚ published
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Culture During the Victorian era‚ the opportunity for leisure within society arose due to a number of factors‚ the key three being the amount of free time the Victorians now had‚ the increased flexibility they now had with their money‚ and the decrease of expense of transport. With the factory acts of 1850 creating the weekend‚ the real wages being doubled in the 1860s‚ and the growth of the railways from 1940s‚ Victorians were able to create their own personal identities
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In the victorian era people people had parlor game instead of TV and Video games‚ some of these games exist today. They wore like today’s video game to them. Over a hundred years ago‚ there are no televisions‚ stereos‚ video games with there were always enough people around for playing games. Families were large‚ parents had several children‚ As well as an aunt and uncle‚ Or a grandma or grandpa or two‚ living under the same roof. These large families made It very easy to play games. We know these
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The Victorian Era was well known for employing young children in factories‚ mines‚ and as chimney sweeps. Since children were expected to help towards the family budget‚ they often were working long hours in dangerous conditions for low wages. Several kids lost limbs or even their lives performing these jobs. Multiple Factory Acts were passed to prevent the exploitation of children in the workplace. However‚ children of poor families would still leave school at very young ages and be forced to
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During the time of the Victorian Era‚ city life was a mixture of fascinations. interesting concepts and crucial aspects. There were a lot of workers‚ which was good‚ but there also many that were impoverished. In result‚ those in poverty went towards crime and murder. For workers‚ there many opportunities out there that they could have taken due improving technology‚ such as the railroad system in England. Another negative aspect of the city itself was that it was a dirty and unsanitary environment
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“Did late Victorians think of homosexuality primarily as a crime‚ a disease‚ or something else?” The late Victorian era of the nineteenth century‚ has long been synonymously recognised as highly-repressed and morally obsessive. Yet distinct from all preceding eras‚ there lay a fixation in society in the belief that an individual’s sex and sexuality form the most basic core of their identity and indeed of one’s social or political standing‚ and freedom. Though we can acknowledge that the urbanisation
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