The Victorian era of the United Kingdom was the period of Queen Victoria’s rule from June 1837 to January 1901.[1] This was a long period of prosperity for the British people and calamity for many of its dominion subjects‚ as profits gained from the overseas British Empire‚ as well as from industrial improvements at home‚ allowed a large‚ educated middle class to develop. Some scholars would extend the beginning of the period—as defined by a variety of sensibilities and political concerns that
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through as well as the reader. In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland‚ Carroll uses not only his love for children and logic but his linguistic playfulness to create a story in order to show the psyche of a child. Moreover‚ Carroll makes fun of the way Victorian children were raised. In the nineteenth century people were expected to behave according to a set of rules and morals. Carroll’s nonsense behavior of his characters can be seen as making fun of the way children were forced to behave. Alice’s Adventures
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has long intrigued readers for centuries‚ motivating the contemporary film adaptations including many motion pictures and a TV series. The protagonist in this book is none other than Oliver Twist who is an orphan stuck in the harsh times of the Victorian era. Fans of the authentic ‘Oliver Twist’ were genuinely disappointed at the film remakes that big franchises had created and argued that they lacked in detail compared to Dickens’ tale. Modern adaptations of ‘Oliver Twist’ have highly lacked in detail
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something Lady Bracknell heavily values and supports. Her views are evidently different from Gwendolyn’s‚ who believes one should be able to marry purely based on love‚ rather than which category of class the man falls into. Furthermore‚ in relation to Victorian ideals‚ Gwendolyn also fits into this category as she cares less about a man’s personality‚ and would rather marry this man as long as his name is Earnest. It is the ideal she desires and will firmly stay true to her expectations of her potential
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Oscar Wilde lived and wr¬¬ote during the late Victorian period‚ where the idea of living life earnestly was the most ideal. The Victorian era is a time viewed by strict moral values. The play’s humor takes part with characters maintaining a false identity to break away from the social obligations. Being truthful‚ sincere‚ or serious could be the idea of earnestness. It will also reveal the true definition of honesty versus the Victorian definition of honesty. The comedy of this play shows several
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Shen Fuying English Novel 5 February 2013 An Analysis of the Causes of Tess’s Tragedies in Tess of the D’Urbervilles Thomas Hardy is one of the most prominent novelists during the Victorian era in Britain. Trapped in the middle ground between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries‚ Hardy not only inherited Victorian tradition but also initiated the modern innovation in literature. Tess of the D’urbervilles is a masterpiece representing his reputation of a full-blown writer and it is also unanimously
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06 March 2013 Victorian Era In a Victorian marriage‚ a husband dominates his wife. In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of An Hour” Louise Mallard contemplates the significance of the news that her husband had been killed in a train wreck. Chopin creates Louise in order to protest how wife was oppressed in marriage and her works suggest that Louise was oppressed psychologically‚ politically and economically. In the patriarchal world of the nineteenth century women were oppressed psychologically
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of the Victorian era in topics of etiquette‚ education and prejudice. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is also a tribute to a child’s ability to adapt and accept a hostile environment. Carroll has cryptically satirized adults’ and their treatment of children‚ by portraying them as authorarian and strange creatures. This work of fiction was written in the Victorian era‚ a time now remembered for its stifling propriety and constructive morals. Carroll has mirrored these aspects of Victorian society
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Both Oscar Wilde and Henry Ibsen hurled criticism at the ‘modal woman’‚ the Victorian convention of females. Both writer’s work occurring at a period when Great Britain were threatening to conquer the world‚ with colonisation of other civilisations. While males enjoyed the world’s freedom‚ Women were moulded into a cast‚ which all females were expected to fit. ‘The Angel of the House’ was anticipated to flutter around the house‚ cleaning‚ cooking and serving the dominant Male and Children. The Female
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Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest provides a satirical view of the Victorian era‚ primarily focusing on Victorian standards of marriage and social expectations. Wilde builds his critique of Victorian morality through his humor and wit between the character’s banter‚ the hypocritical Victorian view of honesty. Wilde view of Victorian society is illustrated through his wit and humor embedded in the characters’ dialogues. For example‚ Jack and Algernon live double lives as lowlifes
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