Arnold’s Culture and Anarchy Culture and Anarchy is a controversial philosophical work written by the celebrated Victorian poet and critic Matthew Arnold. Composed during a time of unprecedented social and political change‚ the essay argues for a restructuring of England’s social ideology. It reflects Arnold’s passionate conviction that the uneducated English masses could be molded into conscientious individuals who strive for human perfection through the harmonious cultivation of all of their skills
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and large profits from oversea trading became major factors to the United Kingdom’s success. The Victorian Era is often characterized as the Pax Britannica‚ a long era of peace. The House of Commons was run by two major political parties‚ the Whigs and the Tories; later known as the Liberals and the Conservatives. Gothic revival architecture became increasingly significant during the Victorian Era. As mentioned earlier‚ Queen Victoria was part of the government‚ but the Prime Ministers were the
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McLaughlin ENG 102 TH 7 C Topic: Research Paper on The Importance of Being Earnest Essay 4 How does Oscar Wilde satirize Victorian society in his play The Importance of Being Earnest? What is the genre of the play? Sure‚ it is a comedy‚ but where does Wilde put the emphasis on? Social satire. Social satire is a weapon using comedy in order to take a subject‚ in this case the Victorian Era‚ and ridicule it. In this sense‚ comedy is not only to entertain but also educate. Thus‚ the play makes us not only
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with style as he slowly unravels the mysteries while presenting values and morals. He portrays the characters feelings with great distinction- achieving this with the development of his characters. The discrepancy of the expectations between the Victorian era and our modern beliefs and assumptions would have changed in time Great Expectations is written in the style of Bildungsroman‚ the main theme being expectations. Dickens illustrates this theme through the main character Pip; he explores the
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Written in the late 19th century Brom Stokers Dracula the danger of female sexuality was put on display. Brom stokers Dracula dealt a lot with Victorian women and how they were belittle. There were certain standards women had to meet to be considered Victorian women. In the Victorian society women had very narrow gender roles. There were two paths a women could take she could be pure and virginal which would include being a mother and a wife. Or you were regarded to as a whore or expendable to the
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happy‚ but are absolutely worthless to society”-Charles Gow Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is a buildensroman novel entailing the growth of young‚ shy‚ and abused Jane to adulthood. The novel depicts a message of loss of innocence through the Victorian society; filled with expectations and opinions of a higher social class. Bronte does this successfully through using many different symbols in the novel such as: vision‚ the red-room and Bertha Mason. Vision‚ the most common symbol in the novel
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control and wealth to overcome the issues of today. Jane Eyre embodies the heart of the feminist struggling that began amidst the Victorian era. Jane Eyre acquires an education‚ which was fairly rare for women of the age. With her education Jane Eyre avoids the common path of domestic servitude‚ choosing to live as an equal with Mr. Rochester. Class structure in Victorian England: Jane Eyre spends her life struggling to avoid the conformist nature of class. When she is given a large sum of
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A Marxist Criticism on "The Importance of Being Earnest" "Excuse me Geoffrey‚ could you get me some more water. I’m terribly thirsty‚ and the weather out here isn’t doing any good for my complexion." declares the man as he sighs in exhaustion. "Right away sir‚ anything else?" proclaims the servant. "No that will be all." says the man as he waves off the servant. So is this the scene of yesteryear’s society or one of today’s‚ well in actuality it can be either. In today’s world the rich
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An ideal husband Theme Essay Out of all the various themes that this outstanding play has touched upon or rather explored throughout the Victorian era‚ the one I found to be most prominent was the religiously occurring theme of the Feminine. Womanliness in the Victorian era was sure a rare occurrence to experience but Wilde definitely used this theme to underline the helplessness of a woman of the time. How Wilde began to explain or rather express his views on womanliness is by comparing mainly
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Like modern society‚ the Victorian Era is not free from stories of abuse whether that be domestic abuse or alcohol abuse‚ both of which are discussed in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. This book was “an early definer of the crime of spousal sexual abuse‚ long before that term or its meaning were recognized by Victorian society” (page 3‚ I Could do with Less Carressing). That is not to say that spousal abuse did not exist‚ it just was not acknowledged. People would hear of abuse and turn a blind eye
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