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    trouble but then there are some that don’t get solved. The Victorian era‚ murder was very common and most times people wouldn’t ever get caught. In Macbeth‚ Hamlet and Richard III‚ murder is a big part. If something doesn’t go someone’s way‚ or if they don’t get what they want‚ or can’t wait for power‚ they kill them. The role of murder in the Victorian Era and in Shakespeare’s plays is similar to murder in today’s society. In the Victorian Era Shakespeare’s plays were very popular. Many people

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    The Victorian Novel: main features 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 was

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    Victorian Police Role

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    document examination‚ fingerprints‚ fire and explosion investigation‚ microscopy and vehicle examination. Task 3: Mounted Police w/ Bryony Stringer a. Since horses have been used since the Military Mounted Police rode into the Victorian colony in 1836. When the Victorian police was established‚ it brought together many mounted units throughout Victoria to become united in the Mounted Branch. Police officers that apply for the mounted branch‚ must have completed at least two years of service and

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    Women had to be dressed how they were expected . Victorian Dress is based on shape‚ your personality‚ the money you have ‚ and your life. They basically make your life for you and tell you how to dress so it wasn’t easy for the people in the Victorian Era. Most women were told what to do more rather than follow their dreams . It was hard for women to follow there dreams back then because they have

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    Food In The Victorian Era

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    yourself a snack before reading this because you may get a little hungry reading about all the foods the people ate in the victorian era. Queen Victoria preferred more simple meals and pretty soon it became a normal thing to have more simple meals‚ so you won’t be hearing of anything to crazy. Though don’t get me wrong‚ the brits loved and valued their food back in the victorian times. Food was an excellent way to tie families or friends together. Now‚ you get to read about all the snacks‚ beverages

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    Victorian Age: Science: Charles Darwin‚ Thomas Edison‚ Sigmund Freud – psychology->Human mind/motivation Religion: Empire: Technology: steam engines‚ trans Atlantic Telegraph line‚ big ships‚ railways‚ stamps‚ street lights. Mostly mobility and communication. City: Upper-class (etiquette) Middleclass (servants) lower class (survival) Nature: Art: Man: Matthew Arnold In Harmony with Nature: Stanza 1: ““In harmony with Nature” Restless fool” – The tone is set‚ he is ridiculing

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    Victorian Woman Quotes

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    Opposing the Victorian Woman “Always remember‚ you have within you the strength‚ the patience‚ and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." Harriet Tubman. This quote applies to Charlotte Bronte’s novel Jane Eyre‚ where the protagonist Jane‚ is living in the Victorian era where women have a specific role in society. Jane struggles with having to be confined to that role and like Tubman’s quote says to change the world‚ Jane has the desire to do that to her world. In the middle 1800’s

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    Victorian Servant System

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    Victorian Servant “He who is not a good servant‚ will not be a good master.”-Plato. The butler‚ servant‚ and the service system played a huge role in the Victorian Era. In this time‚ the Service System was very important. It is the only way some houses got anything around the house done. Many households would be a wreck or would not be able to stay running without the master’s servants. The service system played a huge part in the Victorian Era. Most people in the service system were female. In

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    Victorian Women (Wiki)

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    n the Victorian Era women were seen‚ by the middle classes at least‚ as belonging to the domestic sphere‚ and this stereotype required them to provide their husbands with a clean home‚ food on the table and to raise their children. Women’s rights were extremely limited in this era‚ losing ownership of their wages‚ all of their physical property‚ excluding land property‚ and all other cash they generated once married.[1] When a Victorian man and woman married‚ the rights of the woman were legally

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    England’s Victorian Era began in 1837‚ during which Queen Victoria took the throne after her uncle‚ William IV‚ passed away. The Victorian Era lasted until 1901‚ the year of Queen Victoria’s death. However‚ the dates are sometimes modified due to the Romantic Period in Britain occurring closely in date to the Victorian Era. Nevertheless‚ the Victorian Era was a period of rapid change and developments in nearly all aspects of life. There were multiple advancements in technological‚ scientific‚ and

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