reverting to their beastly nature. For example‚ Prendick and Montgomery stumble across a tree that has been clawed and a rabbit that has been completely mutilated. This example of anarchy is Wells’s way of drawing a parallel to Victorian society. During the Victorian age‚ the streets of London were clothed with fear. The people were cautious and hesitant to walk the streets at night. This was the time when the infamous Jack the Ripper was preying on helpless victims. Much like the small bunny
Premium Victorian era Jack the Ripper London
How does Dickens use the theme of deception in Hard Times? Dickens uses the theme of deception in Hard Times through education‚ class divides‚ utilitarianism‚ imagery and entrapment. The utilitarians of the Victorian era were concerned only with analysis and facts and they were insensitive to peoples’ qualities such as imagination. Dickens was strongly against this and this is portrayed throughout the novel with the theme of deception highlighting how the people in education and of power treated
Premium Social class Middle class Working class
Bram Stoker’s Dracula was written just before the turn of the 19th century; the beginning of this new era threatened a conservative‚ unchanging culture‚ and had people of all classes and religions in England on edge. Social fears such as the fall of the British Empire‚ the beginning of a new movement that would become what we now know as feminism‚ and changes in gender roles‚ gripped the nation. It is interesting the note that this not too dissimilar to the fear that gripped the world of the ‘millennium
Premium World War II World War I British Empire
Compare ‘There Is No God‚ The Wicked Saith’ with ‘There’s probably no God… now stop worrying and enjoy your life.’ The Victorian era was a period of rapid industrial growth‚ social unrest and scientific discovery. Victorian poetry was marked by religious doubt‚ personal despair and general uncertainty about life. ‘There Is No God‚ the Wicked Saith’ is an example of a poem that deals with religious doubt and it challenges the idea of religion and the existence of God. Arthur Hugh Clough was
Premium Religion Victorian era Poetry
Marriage and Divorce in Dickens’ Hard Times: A Statement on the Religious Morals of 19th Century British Society The Victorian era in England gave birth to the first real industrial society the world had ever seen. With the rise of industry came large cities‚ an expanded working class population and the rapid rise of imperialism. Although England was progressing towards a more powerful place in the world‚ its citizens seemed to be drifting in the opposite direction. Oppressive laws and working conditions
Premium Victorian era Marriage
authors with the realities in England. Simply stated‚ this essay will relate the characteristics of a given era to the works of art produced. Othello‚ a tragedy‚ falls under England’s Elizabethan and Jacobean era. The Elizabethan-Jacobean era stretches from 1580 to 1610. This period symbolized the time when Queen Elizabeth was in power in England‚ a period which marked the unfolding of the era of racism in Europe. A tragedy concerns the fall of a great man due to some flaw in his character. According
Premium Victorian era Othello Iago
Symbolism in The Japanese Quince ESSAY OUTLINE I. In his work The Japanese Quince‚ John Galsworthy uses symbolism to portray the discontent for change in human nature‚ the rigidity of social classes in Victorian England‚ and the potentiality of experiencing something not of the norm. II. Galsworthy gives the impression that both Mr. Nilson and Mr. Tandram enjoy their scheduled‚ monotonous lives. “He experienced… a feeling of emptiness just under his fifth rib.” Underneath the fifth rib would
Premium Edwardian era Social class Victorian era
that she cannot contain herself. God created men and women different—then let them remain each in their own position. (Queen Victoria‚ letter 29 May 1870) In terms of gender ideology‚ the accession of Queen Victoria of Britain‚ for whom the Victorian Era is named‚ was something of a paradox. Traditionally‚ women were defined physically and intellectually as the ’weaker’ sex‚ in all ways subordinate to male authority. In private life women were subject to fathers‚ husbands‚ brothers even adult sons
Premium Victorian era Victoria of the United Kingdom Gender
institution of marriage? ’ The Importance of Being Earnest ’ title suggests that there will be a main focus on seriousness in everyday life. Contrastingly‚ Wilde presents the audience with irony‚ and show us the wittiness and ridiculousness of the Victorian era . In the Importance of Being Earnest Wilde undermines and satirises the institution of marriage through the attitudes towards courtship and marriage portrayed through different characters. One could suggest that the women and men in the play
Premium Victorian era The Importance of Being Earnest Marriage
In the novel “North and South”‚ Elizabeth Gaskell challenges the role of women in Victorian society through her portrayal of Margaret as a powerful and independent woman. During the reign of Queen Victoria‚ a woman’s place was in the home‚ as domesticity and motherhood were considered to be sufficient emotional fulfilment for females. Women did not have suffrage rights‚ the right to own property‚ and rarely had any control over their own lives. Gaskell develops the character of Margaret to break
Premium Victorian era Woman Family