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    Victorian era‚ many great things happened in Victorian England. During this time they had their first international hockey match: Wales v. Ireland; also‚ they had the lowest ever temperature of −27.2 F‚ and the premier of Oscar Wilde’s latest play‚ The Importance of Being Earnest‚ at the St. James’ Theatre‚ in London. During this time‚ social class was very important. Oscar Wilde’s explores the importance of how social class affects the lives of the characters in his play during the Victorian era. During

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    Victorian Wedding Dresses

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    Sierra Brewster ENGL-2322 07/29/12 Research Paper: Victorian Wedding Dresses The Victorian Era ranged between the years 1837-1901. In the United States this was right after the Civil War when Westward Expansion was occurring‚ and attracted millions of immigrants who were primarily from Europe. For example‚ some of these immigrants migrated from Italy and Austria‚ most likely because of the forces of nationalism. It was always a land controlled by stronger powers. Napoleon was in charge of

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    The Orchestra of the Romantic Era The Romantic Era was a time of many changes and innovations. While the Classical era was a time of restrictions and laws‚ the Romantic period saw the opposite. It was a time of experimentation – artistic freedom and creativity. There was a change in the way that composers wrote. They began utilising various emotions in their writing‚ as if to tell stories through their music. They began experimenting with new musical ideas. They began to move away from traditional

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    With the beginning of human history comes the Stone Age—comprised of the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras. The start of tool-making marks the former; the start of agriculture marks the latter. The first forms of tools in the Paleolithic Era were quite basic and rough‚ made from materials like wood‚ bone‚ and stone. Tools such as choppers for cracking bone and scrapers for preparing animal hide were used‚ and were then designed upon by later hominoids‚ from which weapons like clubs‚ spears‚ and knives

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    War play apart in those differences? Was it because of the war that there was the Victorian Era and Modernism or was it bound to be a new literary movement with or without the Great War. I pose to answer these questions to the best of my ability in this paper. The Victorian era took place from 1830 – 1901‚ which is almost the exact same time frame that Queen Victoria reined thus the name Victorian Era. Writers during this time were at an awe trying to respond to the expansion of the country due

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    with prosperity‚ commonly referred to as “the Era of Good feelings”. While this time period did have a rising influence in nationalism‚ which brought the nation together‚ it also brought the rise of sectionalism‚ which emerged as a problem that would further and further divide the country until the outbreak of the Civil war in 1861. This and the economic problems in the country‚ like the panic of 1819‚ caused the traditionally referred to peaceful era to actually be a time of financial troubles and

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    revoking their opinions. Things like‚ “the ability to transmit photos‚ videos‚ and documents over the internet and to preserve and duplicate them means that the evidence of treason is more likely to be available today than it was in the World War II era.” Unlike the times when the American law against treason was written‚ most people have access to an electronic device that takes photos or videos. This makes proving a person’s guilt or innocence easier. As this law becomes imminently relevant‚ more

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    Historians have traditionally labeled the period after the War of 1812 the “Era of Good Feelings.” Evaluate the accuracy of this label‚ considering the emergence of nationalism and sectionalism. The period of time labeled as the “Era of Good Feelings‚” was a prosperous‚ but shortened period for America in which political strife had come to a halt and disputes had settled. The high morale after the war caused this era to be granted such a name. With James Monroe in presidency‚ and the country in

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    In the late eighteenth century the European population began a radical philosophical revolution‚ later known as the Romantic Movement. Following the Enlightenment and Industrial era‚ Europe had experienced rapid industrialization and a lengthy wartime at the cost of its population. Wishing to free themselves from years of harsh life‚ Europeans began to focus their everyday life on aspects set away from the enlightenment and industrialization‚ mainly pro-logical thought. The romantics focused on individuality

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    to be a good person and make better decisions . Charles Dickens was one of the best authors from the Victorian era‚ and the Victorian era was one of the most important eras from Britain’s history. It was also known for it’s great amount of poverty‚ and the pollution that came out of the factories. Charles Dickens was a famous author and a spectacular social activist from the Victorian era‚ would love the concept of providing clean water although would abhor the topic of poverty in developing countries

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