have been really engaged to Aunt Augusta for more than a week. In fact‚ this mask-wearing life is a reflection of Epicureanism. These dandies just want to have fun and enjoy their life all the time which is a strong contrast with puritanism at Victorian Age. 2.2. The Narcissism of Wildean dandies Narcissism describes the trait of excessive self-love based on self-image or ego. The famous psychologist Sigmund Freud believed that narcissism is an essential part of all of us from birth and was the
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pays’ through the constraints of Victorian moral values‚ male superiority and the influence of aristocracy. This is further illuminated by Du Maurier’s Rebecca where male dominance and misogyny mean only the woman will pay. As a woman in the midst of an undeniably patriarchal society‚ Tess is unable to escape the social structure. Tess epitomizes the case that the innocent pay for the guilty. Similarly‚ Rebecca faces a fight against the pressure of the Victorian society to maintain a perfect marriage
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managed to fit in that society. Hardy seems to have been acutely aware of the social inequalities of Victorian times‚ maybe because he was from an inferior class. He also had his own views of the Christian idea of God and was critical of the role of the Church. Majority of his works talk about the social inequalities of those times – the class divide‚ the lower status of woman and hypocrisies in marriage and relationships. Hardy’s works also show how he laments the decline of rural Britain and
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The themes in Oscar Wilde´s “Importance of Being Earnest” such as hypocrisy‚ manners‚ dual identity‚ duplicity and deception are all closely linked throughout the play. One can see that the use of witticisms and hyperbole‚ combined with the themes Wilde commonly associates with Victorian lifestyle subtly‚ lightheartedly deride the audience. The effect of the theme duplicity and deception is essentially the criticism of the Victorian citizen. In creating the absurd lifestyle of his characters‚ he brings
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characters are of course constructs – Wilde uses them merely as mouth pieces to express/parody value judgements about morality and Victorian ideals of duty and virtue. Premise of the play is creation of a paradox – explores inability/impossibility of being earnest/moral whilst claiming to be so. Wilde highlights hypocrisy‚ and shallow double standards of Victorian age through the creation of a stylised‚ superficial world. Set design. Flat is in “Half Moon street” – which is located in fashionable
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The overriding theme of class and social status in the Victorian era is forgrounded in the opening chapter of Jane Eyre and explored in the entirety of the novel through Gothic genre literary technique of a double‚ between Jane’s wealthy cousins the Reeds contrasting with her lower class relatives‚ the Rivers. In the 19th century‚ class divisions were far more fixed and pronounced than they are today‚ and the predetermined class you were born into based on wealth‚ dictated the sort of life you would
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at the life of William Morris and his working practices by analyzing his writing and historical and social background‚ and discuss to what extent Morris’s actual practices reflected his views on social and artistic reform. William Morris and the Victorian Britain William Morris is one of the most famous British designers of the 19th century. Although his reputation today relies on his textile designs and decorative arts business‚ he was actually far more than just a designer. He was a poet‚ writer
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Analysis Wilde sets the tone for hilarious mischief in this first scene. The many layers of meaning work together to entertain and to provoke thought. He makes fun of all the Victorians hold sacred‚ but in a light-hearted‚ amusing wordfest. His humor has multiple layers of meaning: social criticism of the upper and middle Victorian class values‚ references to the homosexual community and its culture‚ use of locales and
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metafictive devices‚ namely the intrusion of modern novelist-surrogate‚ the parody of Victorian romance and the creation of multiple endings. The last part will focus on the author’s profound aim in utilizing these techniques. Based on a careful survey of the original work and relevant materials‚ the paper holds the perception that through metafictive devices‚ Fowles has expressed his critical point of view towards Victorian era and woman emancipation. As a multi-faceted new woman in the novel‚ Sarah liberates
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” Even Lady Bracknell’s list of bachelors and the prepared interview to which she subjects Jack are based on a set of assumptions about the nature and purpose of marriage. In general‚ these assumptions reflect the conventional preoccupations of Victorian respectability—social position‚ income‚ and character. The play is actually an ongoing debate about the nature of marriage and whether it is “pleasant or unpleasant.” Lane remarks casually that he believes it to be “a very pleasant state‚” before
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