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    Hosting in the Victorian Era Hosting was very popular in the Victorian Era . It was a huge privilege to host a tea party. It showed how organized you were and if you were a good wife and mother. You have to have everything in line and have everyone enjoying themselves. Hosting a tea party will be a good way to bring up history. You will become engrossed in the comfort with face-to-face conversation. With today’s media‚ tea parties seem unnecessary and silly. When people imagine tea-parties‚ they

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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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    During the Victorian Era‚ society’s view on women‚ courtship‚ and marriage differed immensely from today’s views. In the nineteenth century‚ women were held to a higher and stricter standard. Women couldn’t talk to men without being introduced‚ they couldn’t leave the home without a chaperone‚ they had to look their absolute best‚ and many more restrictions. Back then‚ a woman’s main goal or career was to get married and their role in society was within the home. In order to reach that goal‚ girls

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    Pictorialism in the Victorian Era; The Works of Julia Margaret Cameron and Madame Yevonde A Personal Research Project Looking at Two Female Photographers of the Victorian Era and Their Styles of Photography Contents Introduction………………………………....................................................................3 Chapter 1 - Pictorialism……………………………….................................................4 Chapter 2 - Julia Margaret Cameron………………………………...................

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    Oscar Wilde uses food as an essential motif /symbol of an act of working out problems. Set in the Victorian era the tea time custom is vastly a part of the play. From the very beginning where Algernon is questioned about the “cucumber sandwiches” he claims “I believe it is customary in good society to take some slight refreshment at five o’ clock.”This custom that became increasingly popular in Victorian England was the tradition of taking afternoon tea. This practice was displayed predominately by

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    said‚ “Fashion is always of the time in which you live. It is not something standing alone. But the grand problem‚ the most important problem‚ is to rejeuvenate women. To make women look young. Then their outlook changes. They feel more joyous (Bio.com‚ 1993).” I want to write on Coco Chanel particularly because of her everlasting contributions to the women and men’s fashion industry in our patriarchal society. Without her contributions‚ women will not be able to have as much freedom in fashion‚ attitudes

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    Amy Lowell is an American imagist poet who uses descriptive language to create specific images in a readers mind. Set in the Victorian era (1800’s‚) the dramatic monologue ‘Patterns’ explores the restrictions of unmarried women in society and the desire for freedom. My view of these issues is that of a feminist reader living in a democratic modern day society‚ where men and women live in a state of equality and have the right to express their opinions. A feminist reading focuses on the specific treatment

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    Representative Poem Ashley Stringer-Franco ENG/ 306 Poetry and Society Catherine Canino February 4‚ 2013 The Representative Poem The nineteenth century is known as the Victorian Era and it is famous for its improvement of information‚ growth of an empire and enlargement of the economy. The era had a vibrant spirit of events. During this era Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote the well-known poem “Ulyssses” and it represented how he felt at the time. This poem reveals the determined spirit of everyone that lived

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    witches;trials were conducted to prove their heresy. The notion of insanity was replaced with the ideal that the mentally ill were wicked Satanist whom God shunned and aflicted with divine punishments.These ideals transcended generationsas wpmen in the Victorian Age were considered weak‚fragile‚and passive.Depressed women were often isolated and placed into obscurity.If women over stepped these bounds‚they could easily be determined as hysteric and out of mind.In addition‚the psychological issues of people

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    Beauty Within The Cultures by Phillip Namara How do you define beauty? Is it a small waist and large breasts? A perfect smile and straight hair? If you flip through the pages of an American fashion magazine‚ you may think beauty is narrowly defined...but that’s not the case. From thick ankles to small noses‚ women from five continents are revealing what’s considered beautiful in their countries. "It’s a way of connecting yourselves from your kitchen‚ your living room‚ your bedroom ... to the rest

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