(Guretzki). As the Victorian era declined Tennyson‚ the representative of the Victorian style of poetry‚ opened a fresh post-romantic period in history by utilizing “Ulysses” to show that to successfully rule‚ there must be a connection between a king and his subjects. During the time of the initial Victorian age‚ Queen Victoria used her character and moral standards to restore the prestige of the British monarchy. In the poem‚
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Charlie Kendrick 6th March 2014 Miss Prism and Chasuble are products of society in the way that they are both plot tools for Wilde satirizing the Victorian era in the sense that Chasuble should represent a man of the church who is moral‚ but isn’t whilst Miss Prism is distinctly unattractive who represents the boring nature of education in those times. Chasuble uses sexual innuendos in his speech‚ to represent how he is fighting his passion for Miss Prism and doesn’t represent a moral man of
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INTRODACTION Victorian literature was produced during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901). Often considered a bridge between the romantic-era works of the previous century and what would become the literature of the newly industrialized world of the twentieth century‚ Victorian literature is characterized by a strong sense of morality‚ and it frequently champions the downtrodden. It is also often equated with prudishness and oppression‚ and while this is sometimes true‚ Victorian literature is
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future‚ they see flying cars‚ robots‚ and extremely intellectual people. The Time Machine‚ by H.G. Wells‚ begs a different idea. As humans evolve‚ are they becoming an entity that is becoming undeveloped‚ controlled‚ and disciplined by Nature? In Victorian England‚ when The Time Machine was published for the first time‚ there was a new idea about evolution called “Social Darwinism.” Social Darwinism is “a 19th-century theory‚ inspired by Darwinism‚ by which the social order is accounted as the product
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Analysis of "Dover Beach" The Victorian Age was a different time period. It was the beginning of a new civilization based on industry‚ time‚ and money. The values brought about by the changing times were hard for the British to cope with. Conflicting ideas of science and religion‚ education and work‚ and not reflecting upon actions‚ caused confusion that was associated with the Victorian Age. Mathew Arnold observed the problem of the changing times and sought after answers to the problems that
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exaggerating the upper-class morals and the frivolity of the characters. The satire that is portrayed in the play is very obvious‚ however today requires to match with the context of the times‚ Wilde’s satire is centered in the aristocratic lives of the Victorian social system‚ this is first recognised when Algernon first introduced‚ immediately posed as a hypocrite‚ eating cucumber sandwiches that he told Jack not to eat‚ Algernon is also narcissistic ‚ when at the piano he states that “I don’t play accurately
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Charlotte Bronte’s novel Jane Eyre embraces many feminist views in opposition to the Victorian feminine ideal. Charlotte Bronte herself was among the first feminist writers of her time‚ and wrote this book in order to send the message of feminism to a Victorian-Age Society in which women were looked upon as inferior and repressed by the society in which they lived. This novel embodies the ideology of equality between a man and woman in marriage‚ as well as in society at large. As a feminist writer
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opening chapters. When Charlotte Bronte wrote "Jane Eyre" in 1847‚ it became an immediate bestseller. It contained themes of which were previously rarely brought to light and of which many believed to be controversial‚ such as women’s place in the Victorian society‚ of which Bronte lived in. "Jane Eyre" was written in first person narrative. This technique immediately allows the reader to relate to and connect with the main character’s emotions and experiences‚ and her isolation. In this book‚ the author
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‘Cousin Kate’ by Christina Rossetti This Victorian poem is about the narrator (a fallen woman)‚ the Lord and Kate. It is a ballad which tells the story from the narrator’s perspective about being shunned by society after her ‘experiences’ with the lord. The poem’s female speaker recalls her contentment in her humble surroundings until the local ‘Lord of the Manor’ took her to be his lover. He discarded her when she became pregnant and his affections turned to another village girl‚ Kate‚ whom he
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triumphant action. However‚ in the Victorian era‚ where the play “A Doll’s House” takes place‚ this event was unheard of and completely outrageous. Women mostly served the same purpose in every relationship and every household so the idea of being an individual and finding their interests was entirely unimportant. Many times in literature‚ a deeper meaning can be found within the text. The drama “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen‚ conveys a scenario that represents Victorian views and women’s place in society
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