How the widow won the Deacon In the Victorian era women had extremely limited rights‚ once married‚ they would lose ownership of wages‚ property‚ and any other cash generated (“Women in the Victorian Era”). When Victorian women would marry‚ they became property of their husbands even if he were to pass away. During this time‚ it was unheard of for women to consider another man after losing their husband. In the short story‚ How the Widow won the Deacon‚ the author‚ William James Lampton‚ uses climax
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as paradoxes and humorous irony to breakdown the faults of the Victorian Era during the time period of the reform. The characters in this play each held a certain quality that added to the satire Wilde wanted describe. He acknowledges many important aspects of the Victorian society such as their class system‚ etiquette‚ marriage‚ and being earnest are customs of the Victorian people. There was a great distinction among the Victorian class system. The upper class was strongly favored. The lower class
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The Victorian Era (1837 – 1901) marked a period of great transition in many aspects of human life. It was an age that was characterized by rapid change and development in nearly every sphere – from advances in medial‚ scientific‚ and technological knowledge to changes in population growth‚ location‚ and religion. Over time‚ this rapid transformation deeply affected the country’s mood; an age that began with a confidence and optimism leading to economic growth and prosperity eventually gave way to
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the rest of his work. This particular play would question a lot of morals and would also make a mockery out of the high prestigious people of the Victorian society‚ that play was entitled “The Importance of Being Earnest”. In Wilde’s play “The Importance of Being Earnest”‚ Wilde uses comical satire to describe the high society class of the Victorian era‚ were image and social status is important as breathing. “The Importance of Being Earnest” play brought about “light comedy” (Bastiat 53) and the
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning and the Victorian Context Traditional social structure • Different social classes can be (and were by the classes themselves) distinguished by inequalities in such areas as power‚ authority‚ wealth‚ working and living conditions‚ life-styles‚ life-span‚ education‚ religion‚ and culture. Working class – physical labour • Poor living and work conditions • Did not follow rules of courtships • Did not participate in social entertainment • Had very little chance for
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Charlotte Bronte’s novel‚ Jane Eyre‚ shows an enormous amount of relevance to the Victorian era while establishing the Victorian respect for high standards of decorum and moral conduct. The main character Jane Eyre proves by the results of her moral choices that in Victorian society the idea that women who wanted to gain various rewards would need to obtain the patience to wait for these rewards to come to them to be true. Jane’s firmness to refuse the offer from Mr. Rochester to become his mistress
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Victorian Women in a Detective Fiction Novel Wilkie Collins was born during the Victorian era‚ which was named after Queen Victoria‚ and known for the booming industries that emerged and the British empire that held power over one-fourth of the population of the world‚ and considered to be the largest empire in the history of the world. New forms of entertainment were also emerging‚ such as blood sports like cock fighting‚ and also different forms of theater such as the opera and dramatic playwrights
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made Britain great and brought prosperity to all her subjects”. To what extent do you agree with this statement? Queen Victoria reign lasted sixty-three years. This was called the Victorian Era and this era played a key part in developing the British Empire and all her subjects. Many historians argue if the Victorian Era was good or bad and if events like The Opium wars and more people being able to vote made Britain great and brought prosperity to all her subjects. This essay will answer the question:
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Fueled by the frustration of the masculine control that dominated her era‚ Virginia Woolf displayed her deepest feelings of oppression in her essay “Professions for Women”. Written in 1931‚ “Professions for Women” shows the internal conflict many women battled fiercely with when living their everyday lives. Woolf tells a story of a figurative “Angel in the House”‚ which is a stereotypical woman of the Victorian era and her efforts to break free from this stereotypical template. Woolf felt that for
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Fall of the Arthurian Legend During the Victorian Age‚ we see a resurgence of Medievalist practices and ideas. Many writers and poets recreated the Arthurian Legend through a Victorian lens. The Victorian Era was a romanticized time period with strict moral and social codes of conduct. This is clearly portrayed in Tennyson’s work Idylls of the King – a Victorian rendition of the legend of King Arthur. Lord Alfred Tennyson is known as one of the “Victorians” due to his poetry that so greatly accepted
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