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    Shakespeare’s context may have influenced his exploration of discrimination towards women and individuals from foreign races. The Elizabethan era is depicted as the golden age in English history‚ submerged with books‚ movies and plays throughout the era‚ with Shakespeare heavily contributing to this renaissance. However‚ earlier in the 16th century‚ before Queen Elizabeth came to power‚ the idea of a female monarch was met with great hostility from the people. In the 12th century‚ Henry I’s daughter

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    During the Progressive Era‚ pressure from labor‚ suffrage‚ and conservation movements profoundly changed the course of American history. Many of the reformers’ ideas clashed with the male-dominated‚ capitalist economic structure present at the turn of the century. Some of the intended reforms opposed the current system‚ but the level of social unrest necessitated change. Businessmen and activists alike initiated the reforms during the Progressive Era. Government‚ due to the intention of calming the

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    exponential rates to find jobs made by the growth of industry. As more and more immigrants came into large cities to find jobs‚ factories became very crowded and political machines took advantage of the new immigrants’ political power. The Progressive Era was a social movement motivated by muckrakers in the middle and upper class who sought to find and expose corruption in society. Rapid urbanization led to a corrupt political system and horrid industrial conditions that only wholesale progressive reforms

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    In Victorian era‚ corset was seen as part of women’s life‚ as the narrowness of their waist defines their beauty. The discomfort brought was offset by the compliments from others‚ as the image of being weak and needing for protection could greatly increase their female charm. This phenomenon shows the importance of corset in women’s daily life and their self-identity. Before Victorian era‚ in the 17th century‚ even though corset was popular‚ it was only worn by upper-class women. In the18th century

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    In the Elizabethan era women were portrayed as less than equals to men. Male seemed to be the dominate gender and women were to be seen-not-heard. They existed within a patriarchal society. As a feminist himself‚ Shakespeare shows through his plays how women are ill treated and powerless; yet possess more intelligence than the male characters. This is why Shakespeare creates overwhelming female characters; which is evident in Shakespeare’s "The Taming of the Shrew"‚ where the lead female character

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    English 2323 25 July 2011 Religion of the Victorian Era: Faith in Crisis “It was the best of times‚ it was the worst of times‚ it was the age of wisdom‚ it was the age of foolishness … it was the spring of hope‚ it was the winter of despair.”(Charles Dickens‚ A Tale of Two Cities) The Victorians had a society comparable to ours with an explosion of ideas and innovation. Today our American society is famous for being a “melting pot.” Each individual has a different background where they

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    Arts and Crafts” (110). In the nineteenth century‚ the Progressive reform era promoted simple architectural styles. As the era progressed society changed living styles. But did they keep them conservative or radical? “The Bungalow’s appeal was also related to dramatic changes overtaking women in late nineteenth century” (111). The supporters of the Bungalow style of architecture were radical because of the progression or era‚ and simplicity that proceeded throughout society. Progression concerns

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    The Victorian era which lasted during the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901‚ established the foundations of many social‚ cultural and moral ideologies in which many are present to this day. Everywhere you look you can almost always see something Victorian-inspired from floral patterned curtains to elegantly hand crafted candlesticks. When visualizing ‘The Victorian Era’ lavish balls‚ lace covered dresses‚ tea parties and fancy lifestyles come to mind. However‚ the Victorian era is much more

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    In fact‚ from the standpoint of African-American history‚ the Progressive Era qualifies as arguably the single worst period since Emancipation. The wholesale disfranchisement of Southern black voters occurred during these years‚ as did the rise and triumph of Jim Crow. Furthermore‚ as the Westminster College historian David W. Southern notes in his recent book‚ The Progressive Era and Race: Reform and Reaction‚ 1900–1917‚ the very worst of it—disfranchisement‚ segregation‚ race

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    During the Victorian era‚ women were viewed as the very opposite of what a man ought to be. In the words of John Stuart Mill‚ who published a criticism of the way society differentiated between males and females “The female sex was brought up to believe that its ‘ideal of character’ was the very opposite to that of men’s ‘not self-will ‚ and government by self-control‚ but submission‚ and yielding to the control of others…to live for others; to make complete abnegation of themselves‚ and to have

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