The overriding theme of class and social status in the Victorian era is forgrounded in the opening chapter of Jane Eyre and explored in the entirety of the novel through Gothic genre literary technique of a double‚ between Jane’s wealthy cousins the Reeds contrasting with her lower class relatives‚ the Rivers. In the 19th century‚ class divisions were far more fixed and pronounced than they are today‚ and the predetermined class you were born into based on wealth‚ dictated the sort of life you would
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of Being Earnest is anything other than a satirical play‚ as the characters relishing in the upper class of the Victorian period unknowingly mock their own habits acquired to them due to the luxury they are spoilt with. Despite this‚ it is evident that the use of satire is feckless and lacks a moral point of view‚ in contrast with the moral point expressed through satire in other Victorian plays such as Mrs Warren’s Profession‚ which ‘exposes the corruption and hypocrisy of the ‘‘genteel’’ class’.
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IIUC STUDIES ISSN 1813-7733 Vol. – 3‚ December 2006 (p 19-30) The Woman Question in the novels by the Bronte Sisters Rehnuma Bint Anis∗ Abstract: The Victorian period lasted more than half a century. During this time England changed radically in almost all respects. One of these was the rising consciousness of women about their rights and potentials. Soon‚ the social awareness was transmitted to literature. In retrospect we find that many women writers emerged at this critical juncture in history
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fictional alter egos of main protagonists Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff under the pretext escaping from strenuous social obligations. The major themes of play are the triviality with which matters as serious as marriage are taken and mockery of Victorian rules. Financial difficulties impelled Wilde to write Earnest extraordinarily quickly. “I am so pressed for money that I don’t know what to do” (McKenna 308). Here can be seen possible interlock between Wilde’s world and protagonist’s way of life
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strangled her’. Wow‚ are they insane? Or are they simply just scared and insecure? For more than a century Robert Browning has been known for his dramatic monologues. Through the use of Dramatic monologue‚ Browning freely questions the concerns of the Victorian society through the use of enjambment creating a flow of unity and natural speech. Funnily enough‚ many of the issues he raises are just as relevant today in our times. First of all there is his brilliant study of insanity- two of his protagonists
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different perspectives and also create a sense of suspense. This is because the reader will have many different opinions on events from the different characters so there is not a definitive answer to what was said or what happened. How Collins portrays Victorian attitudes will also be examined in this essay. Not much is revealed about Miss. Clack in any of the narratives apart from hers. Collins gives her a voice for a specific reason. Through her he can criticise the other characters without criticising
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(Guretzki). As the Victorian era declined Tennyson‚ the representative of the Victorian style of poetry‚ opened a fresh post-romantic period in history by utilizing “Ulysses” to show that to successfully rule‚ there must be a connection between a king and his subjects. During the time of the initial Victorian age‚ Queen Victoria used her character and moral standards to restore the prestige of the British monarchy. In the poem‚
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Charlie Kendrick 6th March 2014 Miss Prism and Chasuble are products of society in the way that they are both plot tools for Wilde satirizing the Victorian era in the sense that Chasuble should represent a man of the church who is moral‚ but isn’t whilst Miss Prism is distinctly unattractive who represents the boring nature of education in those times. Chasuble uses sexual innuendos in his speech‚ to represent how he is fighting his passion for Miss Prism and doesn’t represent a moral man of
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The Hypocrisy of Being Earnest The Victorian era was a time of smugness and pomposity for the newly rich generation who quickly rose in class during and after the industrial revolution. Nothing was as it seemed in this day when earnestness was allegedly the most prized attribute a man could possess. In Oscar Wilde’s classical satire‚ “The Importance of Being Earnest‚” every character embodies the ideas and values of this “earnest” age. Oscar Wilde’s primary character in “The Importance
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In Victorian society the gender role of women was to be seen as a graceful entity who solely looked after the home affairs. Throughout this period‚ their freedom of expression was limited because they usually followed this unwritten code regardless of how they actually felt. In The Awakening by Kate Chopin‚ Madame Ratignolle is the epitome of how a woman was expected to act and dress. However‚ the words used in the passage that describes Madame Ratignolle suggest that her appearance is shaped by
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