that she cannot contain herself. God created men and women different—then let them remain each in their own position. (Queen Victoria‚ letter 29 May 1870) In terms of gender ideology‚ the accession of Queen Victoria of Britain‚ for whom the Victorian Era is named‚ was something of a paradox. Traditionally‚ women were defined physically and intellectually as the ’weaker’ sex‚ in all ways subordinate to male authority. In private life women were subject to fathers‚ husbands‚ brothers even adult sons
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institution of marriage? ’ The Importance of Being Earnest ’ title suggests that there will be a main focus on seriousness in everyday life. Contrastingly‚ Wilde presents the audience with irony‚ and show us the wittiness and ridiculousness of the Victorian era . In the Importance of Being Earnest Wilde undermines and satirises the institution of marriage through the attitudes towards courtship and marriage portrayed through different characters. One could suggest that the women and men in the play
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How does Dickens create sympathy for Pip? ‘Great expectations’ is a novel written during and set in the Victorian era‚ a time in which status‚ class and money were extremely important and where a discrepancy between the rich and poor was evident. The novel follows the ill-fated life of the protagonist in the novel‚ ‘Pip’. Dickens writes in such a way that each character is a subject of either sympathy or scorn. Dickens implies that Pip is a subject of sympathy through his use of guilt and
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In the novel “North and South”‚ Elizabeth Gaskell challenges the role of women in Victorian society through her portrayal of Margaret as a powerful and independent woman. During the reign of Queen Victoria‚ a woman’s place was in the home‚ as domesticity and motherhood were considered to be sufficient emotional fulfilment for females. Women did not have suffrage rights‚ the right to own property‚ and rarely had any control over their own lives. Gaskell develops the character of Margaret to break
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is a social satire‚ using irony and paradoxes to insinuate the problems and faults found in the Victorian Society. The play is set in the late Victorian Era during a social reform. The class system was defined by the animosity between classes‚ the upper class treating the lower class with disdain and disgust. Wilde satirizes the class system‚ etiquette and disposition that was expected from Victorians. The play seems to be a criticism of society. The play is a light-hearted comedy but also a social
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On April 21st‚ 1876 30-year-old Charles Delauney Turner Bravo was found poisoned in the Priory‚ his home in South London. The ambitious British lawyer had just only married Florence Ricardo (nee Campbell)‚ a wealthy widow five months before his death. On April 18th‚ 1876 Bravo had dinner with his wife and her companion‚ Mrs. Jane Cannon Cox (“Florence Bravo‚” n.d.). After dinner Bravo retreated to his room and a few minutes later‚ Bravo cried out for hot water. The maid and Mrs. Cox rushed to help
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Ailya Naqvi Mrs. Hallford English 12 AP 14 Dec 2009 All Parts that Make Up a Whole Have you ever broken down an object‚ and examined the many little components that it is constructed with? What about examining the material it is made of‚ as well as the material that holds it together? For example‚ let’s take an artist and his sculpted pot. To fully examine these two entities‚ we must consider every type of force brought together that holds the object. Why did the sculptor create
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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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