What did people in Victorian England do in their free time? “The evolving of man does not drive change -- it enables change.” (Unknown) Today‚ people surf the web‚ play video games‚ listen to their iPods‚ and watch TV (among other things). But back in the late 1700s/early 1800s‚ they did not have TVs‚ iPods‚ video games‚ or computers. With the resources available then‚ they would play sports‚ pick up a book to read‚ or have play time. One thing that has carried through the centuries is athletics
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The Victorian Era in England The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria’s reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace‚ prosperity‚ refined sensibilities and national self-confidence for Britain. Some scholars date the beginning of the period in terms of sensibilities and political concerns to the passage of the Reform Act 1832. The era was preceded by the Georgian period and followed by the Edwardian period. New Technology
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Victorian Era. Noelle Huang Contents INTRODUCTION:Queen Victoria SOCIETY CONDITION Social Behaviour Views on Different Classes and Races Gender Expectation Literature Reglious View Working Condition Crime Dress Decor LIFE Scientific Discovery Leisure Transportation Trends Architecture Unique custume TECHNOLOGY Health/Medcine Food Events STYLE Queen Victoria The Victorian Era could be broken down into two phases: early era(1837~1860) and Mid-to-late era (1860~1901). In the early
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Gender Issues in Jane Eyre In today’s society how many people like the feeling of being controlled? Not many people‚ because being controlled by some other outside force means giving up one’s sense of independence and the right to be free. Thus‚ this situation leads many into gender disagreements‚ because one may view men as controllers of women. These disagreements are one of the introductions to Charlotte Bronte’s novel‚ Jane Eyre‚ in that Jane Eyre strives to fight the gender gap of the early
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Introduction p.2 1.Jane Eyre p.2 2.Jane Eyre and the Gaze p.3 2.1. Foucault‚ Gaze and Jane Eyre p.3 2.2. Jane Eyre and the Returned Gaze p.4 3.Jane Eyre and Subjectivity p.6 3.1. Subjectivity as Jane Eyre ’s Strength p.6 3.2. Childhood as Roots to Subjectivity p.8 3.3. Criticisms p.8 Conclusion p.10 Bibliography p.11 Introduction All Charlotte Brontë needed was a woman who would openly speak
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The novel "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte‚ is a powerful story and throughout the story‚ the author uses many elements such as‚ imagery‚ tone‚ personification and allegory. Because of these elements‚ the author will engaged the readers into the short story. The point of view also has a huge impact throughout the story‚ and it can show feeling throughout the story. Throughout the first chapter the author uses many imagery to get the feeling to the readers. In the first paragraph of the first chapter
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Women had to be dressed how they were expected . Victorian Dress is based on shape‚ your personality‚ the money you have ‚ and your life. They basically make your life for you and tell you how to dress so it wasn’t easy for the people in the Victorian Era. Most women were told what to do more rather than follow their dreams . It was hard for women to follow there dreams back then because they have all
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Revolutionary Jane In Brontë’s time‚ the Victorian era‚ class system still played a huge role in society. People of a certain class would often look down on people from another class. Class was something you were born into. It was almost impossible to shift from one class to another. In the novel Jane Eyre‚ Brontë presents a very revolutionary character in that aspect. Charlotte Brontë is critical about the class system and tries to show that through Jane Eyre. Jane Eyre is not influenced by
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yourself a snack before reading this because you may get a little hungry reading about all the foods the people ate in the victorian era. Queen Victoria preferred more simple meals and pretty soon it became a normal thing to have more simple meals‚ so you won’t be hearing of anything to crazy. Though don’t get me wrong‚ the brits loved and valued their food back in the victorian times. Food was an excellent way to tie families or friends together. Now‚ you get to read about all the snacks‚ beverages
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English 2323 25 July 2011 Religion of the Victorian Era: Faith in Crisis “It was the best of times‚ it was the worst of times‚ it was the age of wisdom‚ it was the age of foolishness … it was the spring of hope‚ it was the winter of despair.”(Charles Dickens‚ A Tale of Two Cities) The Victorians had a society comparable to ours with an explosion of ideas and innovation. Today our American society is famous for being a “melting pot.” Each individual has a different background where they
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