Dickens’ presentation of Louisa Gradgrind in Hard Times allows readers to see the emotional and moral value that that those in the lower classes may experience‚ and the emotional emptiness that often resulted from upper-class societies in the Victorian Era. Louisa first began to understand the value in lower-class life through experiences with Sissy that allowed her to understand the deeper sense of humanity that can often be found in lower-class life. Towards the end of the novel‚ Dickens reflects
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Goblin Market Two sisters: Laura + Lizzie- seduced by goblins – mainly Laura AO2 Form + Structure: Christian allegory of temptation‚ fall‚ and Redemption. Rossetti does this to challenge the decidedly patriarchal perception of norms within Victorian culture in terms of sexuality to reconstruct the Christian idea of redemption. Written in loose iambic pentameters‚ the rising metre often speeds up the pace of the poem. By composing an epic poem‚ Rossetti emphasises the fast pace of the storey
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Tennyson and Browning‚ in their poems "The Lady of Shallot" and "My Last Duchess‚" show‚ through their diction and symbolism‚ how women are first objectified and finally positioned in patriarchal society. The Lady of Shallot is looking through her mirror as a way to experience the exterior world outside of her harsh castle domicile. She also "weaveth steadily‚ And little other care hath she" (lines 43-44). The Lady was creating a tapestry; a beautiful piece of artwork she is confined to create
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After learning about the Victorian Era‚ we watched the film/play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. The Importance of Being Earnest is a satire comedy where the main characters‚ John and Algernon‚ create fictitious people to escape from oppressive social obligations. Before watching the film‚ I had no clue what the play was about. I honestly had never really heard of the characteristics and social classes of the Victorian Era. After watching the play‚ I now have a better understanding
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‘The role of women in the gothic genre is as victims always subjected to male authority’‚ compare and contrast to which this interpretation is relevant to your three chosen texts. By Kristina Addis Within My Last Duchess‚ The Bloody Chamber and Dracula‚ there is evidence to suggest that women within the gothic genre as portrayed as victims of male authority‚ as well as evidence to disprove this argument‚ instead suggesting that it is the women within the Gothic genre which makes themselves
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her hope for a better future through her employment under the kind and generous Mrs. Alving in order to idealize what she wants her future to be like in a perfect world where she isn’t tied to her demeaning social class. Especially during the Victorian era where romantic love increasingly became viewed as one requirement for marriage in comparison to the flawed‚ more serious traditions of a loveless marriage in past generations‚ it is not surprising that Regina and Helen‚ two prominent and strong-willed
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Ledezma‚ Beatriz Prof. Ileana Molina LM- 1358 Mystery and Suspense Literature June 14‚ 2011 A Dark Mirror Criticism of Victorian notion of women’s sexuality is a remarkable theme of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s novella “Carmilla.” Even though sexuality is seen as an essential element in an individual’s life‚ throughout history‚ it has continually been conceived as a taboo topic; indeed‚ for many conservative cultures around the world‚ to talk openly about it is still considered offensive. Therefore
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feature in the Victorian society was discussed in the story‚ is the move of people from the rural areas to one of the big cities or London as was the case for the little Oliver when he decide to path his way to wealth there. ’I am running away they beat and ill-use me‚ Dick; and I am going to seek my fortune some long away off There were ways of living in that vast city which those who had been bred up in country parts had no idea of Dickens ’(Dickens‚45). Ultimately‚ Victorian Britain
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In Antigone and The Importance of Being Earnest‚ both protagonists strive for freedom in societies where social conventions define the quality of life. Antigone‚ a teenage girl‚ fights against her male-driven society to bury her brother‚ even though she is aware of the grave consequences she will face if she does rebel against the social conventions already set in place. Jack‚ a man who lives a double life creates his second identity solely for freedom‚ and his friend‚ Algernon also has a second
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Charles Dickens’ and his works are products of what’s referred to as the Victorian Era. Quite literally the time period lasting through the rain of Queen Victoria (1837-1901)‚ it is often characterized by the height of the British Industrial Revolution. Authors of the period‚ Dickens’ in particular‚ discussed through there works social inequality and a sense of disgust with the shortcomings of class division. Dickens’‚ A Tale of Two Cities was no exception. The idea for a Tale of Two Cities was
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