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    Victorian women

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    The Victorian Woman and Feminism The image most of us have of the Victorian woman is home loving and devoted to family; one dressed in the finest fabrics encumbered under half a dozen crinolines and laced tightly in a corset. She is sympathetic‚ unselfish and sacrifices herself daily to be her husband’s best friend and companion‚ never his "competitor"‚ mindful and striving for the same goals as her husband. It is her job to take care of the children and run the household maintaining it as a tranquil

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    An example of this is Ulysses which is the Latin name for Odysseus‚ who spent ten years trying to get home. The mythical creatures known as sirens were beautiful but dangerous creatures that lured sailors‚ such as Odysseus to their doom. Both Ulysses and The Sirens by John Williams Waterhouse and “Siren Song”by Margaret Atwood use the myth of the sirens to show that there is always something in the world that can affect someone to the point of changing their mind. In the poem “Siren Song” by Margaret

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    Victorian Era The Victorian era was one of good and bad where empires fell and rose as senseless wars were fought‚ people dominated‚ and advancements of culture and technology were made throughout. The Victorian era is called the Victorian era because England was currently being ruled over by Queen Victoria. The British Empire reached its greatest size under her reign. The greatest country she conquered was India‚ it was known as the jewel of the British Empire because it brought England so many

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    Poor Victorian Children -Since a large part of the poor children had to work public jobs to help support their families many parents thought of children as income‚ and having more children who worked raised the income of the home. Many parents had 10 or 12 or even more children for this reason alone. How old did children have to be to work in Victorian Times? -Victorian children would be made to go to work at a very young age. As unbelievable as it sounds‚ sometimes even 4 or 5 years old. Actually

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    Race and the Victorians

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    The White Man’s World (2011): ‘black and white are reciprocal entities… neither can exist without the other‚ for each is already the other’ (p. 184) - Historical debate on race in the British Empire o Brattlinger‚ Taming Cannibals‚ Race and the Victorians o Racism endemic to systemn (expansive view) o ‘Ideologies of racism and imperialism were deeply symbiotic and often indistinguishable frm each other.’ – at home and abroad o ‘Light touch’ of other historians - Others agree with Brattlinger…

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    Victorian Literature Victorian literature covered a wide range of themes and writings styles. It was most popular during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901) and is known as the Victorian era. Victorian literature was formed from three main styles‚ Romanticism‚ Realism‚ and Naturalism. Each of the styles contained writers‚ poets‚ and novelists. In the early part of the Victorian era‚ most of the literature was romantic. The themes of Romanticism were optimistic: worth‚ love‚ and the beauty

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    Victorian Paragraphs Immigrants and Natives Living in Canada No matter where you lived‚ your social class always stayed the same‚ which was unfortunately the case for immigrants and first nation’s people in Canada. Immigrants coming to Canada were hoping for one of two things: their own land‚ and freedom of class. Most new immigrants to Canada were from Europe‚ but mainly Ireland and Scotland. The living conditions were the same in Canada as they were in Europe. The poor stayed poor‚ and the

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    The Victorian Novel: main characteristics 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

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    Victorian Thinkers (Thomas Carlyle and John Ruskin) Victorian Thinkers contains studies of four of the most influential critics of 19th-century British culture. Each was heralded a prophet in his own lifetime‚ and yet each was also regarded as misguided‚ and even mad‚ by his contemporaries. Their interests in art and culture led them to develop views on society and economics. Carlyle was a writer of extraordinary stature‚ radical in thought and style; Ruskin‚ who began his career as a critic of

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    How does Joyce grapple with the idea of home in Ulysses? How do the main characters relate to home as a physical entity as opposed to an idea or a concept? Daedalus tackles with the idea of home through the course of Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man as well as in Ulysses. He detested home while he still lived there‚ craving to escape his dull and restrictive everyday life but now finds himself haunted with thoughts of his dead mother and his inability to perform actions that she expected of

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