The Victorian Laissez-Faire system of social reform relied on voluntary contribution of the wealthy and the charitable to relieve poverty‚ rather than the now standard system of using money from universal taxes to pay for universal services such as public health and housing. The founding laws of this welfare state we now live in today where known as the liberal reforms‚ a series of legislation that encouraged a far more collectivist attitude to social reform that verged on socialism‚ dreaded by the
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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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The Victorian Era Values BRIEF INTRODUCTION The Victorian Era of Great Britain was a period of time when Queen Victoria reigned from the years 1837 to 1901. Several values and beliefs made up this age and it is often referred to as the climax of the British industrial revolution. SOCIAL CLASS A main value in the Victorian Era which heavily impacted every individual’s daily life was social class. There were three classes: The Working Class consisted of lower commoners and the men performed
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Romantic period analysis The beauty of nature and its ability to set you free‚ the powers of imagination‚ individuality and a rebellion to tyranny are some of the ideas the romantic period brought to society’s attention. While rejecting neoclassical views of order‚ reason‚ tradition‚ society and formal diction. Romanticism allowed people to get away from the constrained rational views of life and concentrate on an emotional and sentimental side of humanity. The definition of poetry by
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During the Victorian era‚ women were viewed as the very opposite of what a man ought to be. In the words of John Stuart Mill‚ who published a criticism of the way society differentiated between males and females “The female sex was brought up to believe that its ‘ideal of character’ was the very opposite to that of men’s ‘not self-will ‚ and government by self-control‚ but submission‚ and yielding to the control of others…to live for others; to make complete abnegation of themselves‚ and to have
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The Victorian Novel: main features First of all in the Victorian Age the dominating literary form was the novel. It was in fact easier to be read and understood by simple people‚ its plot was more interesting than any other literary forms‚ the main protagonists of the novel were the same people who read it so that they felt deeply involved in the adventure told‚ the writer and his readers shared the same opinions‚ values and ideals because they belonged to the same middle class‚ the setting was
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by Hippocrates‚ but as a disorder it was described as early as 1900 BC in Ancient Egypt. The word kept appearing all other the world‚ in all the different ages‚ from the times of Roman Empire to Middle Ages to Renaissance. There is one thing in common in all descriptions‚ it was specific to women and attributed to “traveling womb”. In Victorian era female purity was strongly emphasized and the society supported the idea of ideal woman being a wife‚ a mother‚ and a keeper of the house. As guardians
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When reading the novel Gone and experiencing the life of Alyssa Norton‚ you will quickly realize that Sam and Alyssa have many similarities and differences. In the novel Gone‚ the main character is Sam. Sam goes through many unhuman like changes and experiences that you will never believe. On the other hand‚ Alyssa lives her life just like any other person in the seventh grade. Now that you know a little bit about Sam and Alyssa‚ let’s dive down deeper ad see how their identities were shaped. Also
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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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