How do men treat women in Porphyria’s Lover‚ My Last Duchess‚ Havisham and A Married State? In Porphyria’s Lover we see the views of a man and how he thinks that women are destructive. This is because in the poem the mistress is known a Porphyria‚ which is a type of deadly disease. I think that the poet‚ indirectly calling her Porphyria‚ is one big metaphor describing her to being deadly. Perhaps he thinks she is deadly because he is madly in love with her when maybe he shouldn’t be. Also the poem
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The Prestige Analysis The Prestige is a film adaptation of the Christopher Priest novel bearing the same name. The story is set in the turn-of-the-century London about two stage magicians‚ their rivalry‚ and their obsession to be the best with the artistry and secrecy of illusion. The analysis of The Prestige will examine several aspects of the film including plot‚ character development‚ use of sound‚ use of photography‚ set design‚ lighting‚ and role of the collaborators. Each of these areas
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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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A seemingly innocent poem‚ Christina Rossetti’s “Goblin Market” follows the tale of two sisters and their individual encounters with goblin men. On its surface‚ the poem seems to tell a tale focused on seduction‚ lust‚ and sexuality‚ however‚ behind its fairytale frame‚ there are signs eluding to a more religious theme. These details‚ on top of the vivid sensuality that the narrator describes‚ suggest that the moral of the story‚ is that young women should avoid the enticements of extramarital sexual
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Imagine in Victorian society‚ a time when “men where men and women were women” to the highest degree‚ a woman being head of household‚ controlling social obligations‚ managing finances‚ and taking on the stereotypically paternal role of deciding possible spouses for children. Such scenario has only been widely accepted in the past handful of decades‚ never mind a time when women had very little control over when they could leave their home‚ yet in The Importance of Being Earnest‚ such a world exists
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wrote his novel‚ Dracula. The Victorian culture often suppressed women and their value. Traditional Victorian women were thought of to be pure and virginal. Bram Stoker revealed another side of women that was not often seen. These qualities were like that of the emerging new feministic culture called the “New Woman”. The concept of gender roles in the 1890’s was very conflicted; Dracula challenged traditional gender roles. Typical gender roles in the Victorian era were that of a woman being kind
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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
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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
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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
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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
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