Rossetti ‘Maude Clare’ Maude Clare is a poem with simple language‚ yet many complex interpretations; and mysterious narrators. The language suggests the time period in which the poem was written‚ and the traditional ballad structure connotes the Victorian era of poetry‚ as well as the tragic theme of love implying the pre Raphaelite age. The poem could be interpreted in the literal sense; an ex-lover showing up on her once- partners wedding day: “Out of the church she followed them” this is narrated
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never saw a man so disliked and yet I scarce know why.’ This is a very strong view of someone‚ consequently Stevenson has clearly made Mr Hyde the depraved and evil character in the book; Mr Hyde’s character reflects many characters of those in Victorian times‚ for example the well known Jack the Ripper or many other villains who committed crime. Having such a strong and ruthless character immediately urges the reader to find out what the character will do next‚ what crime he will commit‚ or who
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during the decline of the Victorian era and portrays the lifestyle of the era’s upper class in the author’s amusing point of view. While this was the era of supreme manners‚ well-educated men‚ and the utmost marriageable women‚ Oscar Wilde depicts his characters in a more truthful manner by revealing their contradicting statements and dishonest ways. Gwendolen‚ Cecily‚ and Lady Bracknell are the women in the play who are supposed to be the perfect representation of Victorian women‚ but their flaws are
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social era and attitudes of her time. We see Chopin’s breeding ground for women in later times. These two short stories dealing with two women who decide to deal with their weakness or perhaps strengths by having more of a male attitude in both sexual and emotional degree. Chopin lived in the Southern United States in which she bases most of her stories‚ ‘The Storm’‚ was Biloxi on the Gulf Coast of the state of Mississippi. The period of her writing is generally regarded as the ‘Victorian’ era. In
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alienating them from the characters they play." (Worthen‚ 807) The play takes part in two acts; in the first we see Clive‚ his family‚ friends‚ and servants in a Victorian British Colony in Africa; the second act takes place in 1979 London‚ but only twenty-five years have passed for the family. The choice to contrast the Victorian and Modern era becomes vitally important when analyzing this text from a materialist feminist view; materialist feminism relies heavily on history. Cloud Nine is a materialist
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young age. She has a wild‚ passionate character and this is evident from the start. She is said to have been ‘hardly six years old but she could ride any horse in the stable and chose a whip.’ This is very challenging of Victorian ideals of femininity at that time. In Victorian society young girls where expected to be taught separately‚ in different ‘spheres’ from men and in things like how to keep a home. She has taken an interest in such a thing‚ rather than reading or playing an instrument as
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and were not allowed/expected to discuss their opinions in matters subjective to men only. Women also had to obey their husbands at all time‚ and accept any demands made by their husband. The Importance of Being Ernest (TIOBE) was set during the Victorian Era‚ and at this time‚ the way women were expected to behave was similar to that of Lysistrata. And men were expected to be committed‚ and had a strict set of rules to follow when trying to address a woman. However‚ in Lysistrata‚ the female characters
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Brontë’s Social Revolution In the novel Jane Eyre‚ author Charlotte Brontë emphasizes the religious aspect of life during the Victorian Era. Near the beginning of the preface Brontë states‚ “Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness in not religion”(Brontë‚ 1). With this statement‚ Brontë criticizes pseudo-religious manner in which many members of Victorian society live. She chastises her contemporaries for leading a life where empty words of justice and virtue are preceded by inconsistent
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written by Oscar Wilde is set in England in the late Victorian era. Wilde uses obvious situational and dramatic irony within the play to satirize his time period. According to Roger Sale in “Being Ernest” the title has a double meaning to it and is certainly another example of satire used by Wilde. With a comedic approach‚ Wilde ridicules the absurdities of the character’s courtship rituals‚ their false faces‚ and their secrets (478). In the Victorian era‚ courtship rituals were slightly different from
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Many themes‚ styles‚ genres‚ and modes of Victorian Literature are reflected in the works of the Bronte Sisters’‚ especially that of Jane Eyre. Common themes of victorian literature are shared with Jane Eyre. Food was a reoccurring theme of throughout many Victorian novels because of the hunger that many people faced in this time period. This theme is reflected in the vivid description of under nourishment at Lowood School in Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre. Another common theme was women’s morality
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