In the entire population of London‚ about one fifth of children went to school as children were put to work at the age of four and died before age thirty “Occupational death was not uncommon for working Victorian children.” (Victorian Children) due to working in coal mines‚ tobacco farms‚ mills‚ toxic pesticides‚ children were more vulnerable to catching disease and developing mental and physical disabilities that takes a large toll on their bodies and health. Children
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In The Importance of Being Earnest‚ author Oscar Wilde criticizes the Victorian society. His characters represent the Victorian era and have twisted views on issues regarding intense emotions such as love and marriage. They do not fully appreciate these concepts and either disregard them or confuse them with emotions that lack depth. Wilde depicts his Victorian society as superficial and incapable of love that is not shallow. In his comedy‚ both women‚ Gwendolyn and Cecily‚ believe to be head over
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LECTURETTE - IS THERE GOD ? 1. ‘O God‚ help us to keep ourselves physically strong‚ mentally awake and morally straight‚ that in doing our duty to Thee and our country we may keep the honour of the Services untarnished’ …..it is the way we started our life everyday for three very important years of our life‚ I am just reciting it so as to refresh your memory….and to seek out the first line….”Oh God‚ help us to”……GOD…who is GOD….what is GOD….is it something that justifies our existence‚ something
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It is a normal day in Victorian England‚ I and my family wake up‚ and do what we usually do‚ go to work. Once I got to work‚ my boss assigned me to a new chimney. It was a normal day of cleaning‚ until I spot a girl out of the corner of my eye. I get lowered down to the bottom‚ and I introduce myself. After we both introduce ourselves‚ I find out her name is Kate‚ Kate Dickens‚ the third child of Charles Dickens. I was shocked‚ I was standing in front of Charles Dickens daughter. I tell her I have
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Compare ‘There Is No God‚ The Wicked Saith’ with ‘There’s probably no God… now stop worrying and enjoy your life.’ The Victorian era was a period of rapid industrial growth‚ social unrest and scientific discovery. Victorian poetry was marked by religious doubt‚ personal despair and general uncertainty about life. ‘There Is No God‚ the Wicked Saith’ is an example of a poem that deals with religious doubt and it challenges the idea of religion and the existence of God. Arthur Hugh Clough was
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"The Victorian elements in Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontё" The Victorian Era‚ in which Brontё composed Wuthering Heights‚ receives its name from the reign of Queen Victoria of England. The era was a great age of the English novel‚ which was the ideal form to descibe contemporary life and to entertain the middle class. Emily‚ born in 1818‚ lived in a household in the countryside in Yorkshire‚ locates her fiction in the worlds she knows personally. In addition‚ she makes the novel even more personal
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DESCARTES’ GOD Do we need a watchmaker god or the Christian God and how is it related to living a good life? The subject of god has always fascinated me‚ and I love to read how others interpret their personal gods. It is also interesting to see how people prioritize their gods in their life and what importance they give their gods. I believe that the Christian God is the true God and exactly what we need to live a good life. We need to have a goal and an end‚ which is eternal happiness with God. Descartes’
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will contrast the God of Epictetus‚ and the God of Augustine‚ and in the end‚ my stand will be clear. Epictetus and Augustine both identify God on basic level. Epictetus says‚ "Where the essence of God is‚ there too is the essence of good. What is the essence of God?......Right Reason? Certainly. Here then‚ without more ado‚ seek the essence of good." He says strive for goodness‚ live in conformity with it‚ and you will find God. God is the vital force
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The Kingdom of God is a hidden‚ but important theme in the New Testament of the Bible. It isn’t a place‚ but rather a state of being. Jesus spends most of his life living as an example of the Kingdom of God. Through Jesus’ teachings‚ people begin to understand what it truly means to live in the Kingdom. This theme is mainly introduced in the gospel of Mark and progresses further in depth throughout the New Testament. The meaning of the Kingdom of God is found in the words of Jesus Christ. He provides
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‘God is not real’: A philosophical question is a question that has no right or wrong answer‚ a philosophical question makes you think more deeply to come up with an answer. People will have different answers depending on what they believe. ‘God is not real’ is a philosophical question because this question doesn’t immediately make you think of a particular physical object. This question has no right or wrong answer. Different people might have different responses to philosophical questions because
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