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    The Victorian Novel: main characteristics First of all in the Victorian Age the dominating literary form was the novel. It was in fact easier to be read and understood by simple people‚ its plot was more interesting  than any other literary forms‚ the main protagonists of the novel were the same people who read it so that they felt deeply involved in the adventure told‚ the writer and his readers shared the same opinions‚ values and ideals because they belonged to the same middle class‚ the setting

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    The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria’s reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace‚ prosperity‚ refined sensibilities and national self-confidence for Britain. Some scholars date the beginning of the period in terms of sensibilities and political concerns to the passage of the Reform Act 1832. The era was preceded by the Georgian period and followed by the Edwardian period. The latter half of the Victorian age roughly

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    Victorian Attitudes – Zoe Buchanan 1.. During Queen Victoria’s reign‚ Women were supposed to stay in the home. They were supposed to do household chores‚ cooking cleaning and stay and look after the children. 2… Most poor women worked in the workhouse‚ or in factories. Sometimes they did work but told no-one about it‚ so that they could have money without their husbands knowing. 3… A dowry is any form of goods (i.e. money‚ property etc.) that a bride may bring to her husband as a gift

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    3 October 2012 Oscar Wilde‚ Victorian or Anti-Victorian? Oscar Wilde was a writer during the end of the Victorian era. This is one of the reasons that it is difficult‚ and still debated‚ whether he was a Victorian writer or not. His private life was far from the puritanical image of the Victorian era. The Victorian age was full of rigid sensibilities‚ while the anti-Victorian movement veered in the complete opposite direction. The anti-Victorians were much more adventurous with sex. There

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    Victorian Style With the year 1837‚ England saw the beginning of its change in history. The Regency era had ended as England’s new Queen‚ 18-year-old Victoria took the thrown. This new era is mostly known as the beginning of the Victorian era‚ which was obviously named after the reigning monarch‚ Queen Victoria. She was one of the first monarchs to see her name given to the period while she was still alive. She reigned from 1837 until she died in the year 1901‚ which marked the end of the

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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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    Examine how Victorian writers portray the experience of childhood. Victorian writers often explore the idea of childhood‚ with themes of persecution‚ education and religion being commonly prevalent. Specifically‚ the negative aspects of childhood seem to be explored in a manner in which writers use hyperbolic and satirical means to express their critique. The persecution of children seems a recurring theme in Victorian literature at which writers show their dismay‚ focusing on the oppression of

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    Victorian Age The beginning of the Victorian Period is dated sometimes as 1832 (the passage of the first Reform Bill) and sometimes as 1837 (the accession of Queen Victoria). It extends to the death of Victoria in 1901. But when we refer the history book of W. J. Long and literary terms of M. H. Abraham‚ we find that the period between 1850 -1900 is regarded as the Victorian Period‚ which is also known as the Age of Compromise and the Age of Peace and Prosperity. When Victoria came on the

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    Alienation Many characters during the Victorian to early Modern literature era were alienated. Causes of alienation during this time period included familial separation‚ social class or gender restrictions‚ and self-isolation from society. These characters may display the common causes of alienation‚ but ared still connected to their families and society. Some characters may alienate themselves‚ yet find that they can never truly separate from family and/or society. While on the surface many characters

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    Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre - Literature What are the main moral messages of Jane Eyre? How does Charlotte Bronte convey these moral messages to her readers? To what extent is she reflecting Victorian morality in her writing? The novel ‘Jane Eyre’ was published in 1847‚ which was in the Victorian era; this is a significant fact to remember while reading the novel as the storyline portrays many different moral issues in the point of view of Victorian morality‚ which of course is different to

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