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    disappointment. There are a number of masculine stereotypes that are often found in Victorian literature. These include men limiting and controlling their feelings and emotions‚ rules on how men are to treat women‚ the economic and social standing that men are expected to achieve‚ and finally‚ how men influence family life.

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    Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll was published in 1865‚ a time known as the Victorian Era. The Victorian Era was the time period of Queen Victoria’s reign from June of 1837 until she passed away in January of 1901. It was a time period that consisted majority of peace. The Victorian era had a big impact on the novel and how it evolved the character‚ Alice. The Victorian Era influenced the novel of Alice in Wonderland with the overall appearance of Alice‚ discussing the proper etiquette that Alice

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    1. Describe the working and living conditions encountered by men‚ women and children during the industrial revolution. The proletariats were an essential aspect of the industrial revolution. It is typical to assume that workers of the industrial revolution would live a reasonable lifestyle due to their significance to the revolution itself. Ironically enough‚ their lifestyles were not of luxury or satisfaction. During this era‚ three conditions suppressed and almost hovered over the lifestyles

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    THE OPEN UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS Charles Dickens and the Victorian Era The Poor‚ The Orphans and The Fallen FAKEERBACUS-ELMNSHELENI BIBI AYESHA 11/23/2013 Fakeerbacus-Elmnsheleni B. Ayesha November 2013 Acknowledgement I wish to express my gratitude to all those who supported me. I also thank my tutor for her guidance. 2 | Dickens and The Victorian Era The Poor‚ The Orphans and The Fallen Fakeerbacus-Elmnsheleni B. Ayesha November 2013 Table of Contents Abstract.....

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    Changing Women Through Literature The 20th Century brought about many changes for writers. It was during this time that the war along with the feminist movement began to come forward. These two issues began changing the way women were viewed in society. Writers had the option of whether or not to keep their female characters the domesticated subservient homemaker or to bring forth the new emerging woman in their stories. The roles of women were changing from the passive homemaker who stayed at home

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    Periods of English Literature A Note on the Naming of Periods: Periods in literature are named for rulers‚ historical events‚ intellectual or political or religious movements‚ or artistic styles. Most literary periods therefore have multiple names. What’s worse‚ some of these names are debated. Is the later 17th Century the Baroque era? The term baroque is an intractable term derived from art criticism‚ though it may usefully be applicable to some writers as well. Is the early 17th Century the

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    Indian literature Article Free Pass * Introduction * Related * Contributors & Bibliography Indian literature‚ writings of the Indian subcontinent‚ produced there in a variety of languages‚ including Sanskrit‚ Prākrit‚ Pāli‚ Bengali‚ Bihārī‚ Gujarati‚ Hindi‚ Kannada‚ Kashmiri‚ Malayalam‚ Oriya‚ Punjabi‚ Rajāsthānī‚ Tamil‚ Telugu‚ Urdu‚ and Sindhi. A brief treatment of Indian literature follows. For full treatment‚ see South Asian Arts: Literature. The earliest Indian literature took

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    theft and murder . In the White Chapel district in the East End of London there was hysteria due to an unknown murderer who targeted/ who’s victims were women of the night. This serial killer was later deemed to be Jack the Ripper. On the surface Victorian London may have seemed supremely confident and eminently respectable‚ but beneath that service there lurched the general feeling of extreme unease. During the 1880’s there were a lot of different fears and anxieties due to social theories such as

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    REFERENCE: TITLE: The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime AUTHOR: Judith Flanders PUBLISHER: Thomas Dunne Books-St. Martin’s Press PUBLISHING CITY: New York EDITION: First Edition DATE: July 23‚ 2013 ISBN-10: 1250024870 Q I. WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THIS HISTORICAL AREA AND THIS BOOK? At the library‚ I was recommended Judith Flander ’s The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern

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    Why Study Literature? Thursday in one of my Introduction to Literature courses‚ one of my students said‚ "Ma ’am‚ I have a question. No disrespect‚ but...." We all know the feeling that comes with any question or remark that begins that way. I thought‚ "Oh boy. Here it comes." "...Why do we need to learn this? Is my commander going to send me a poem and ask me to explicate it?" This question always flummoxes me--not because I have no answer‚ but because the answers are so obvious to me

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