strong spirit‚ especially when she fights back against the bullying of John Reed‚ her cousin. “I received him in frantic sort.” For Jane to fight back against him‚ is an example of her female empowerment and her fighting the patriarchal ways of the Victorians. Women weren’t expected to be opinionated however Jane challenges this‚ even in her childhood and this is proved as she doesn’t sit back and take what John Reed says to her nor what he does to her. Melanie the protagonist in “The Magic Toyshop”
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ever known’. Dickens use of emotive language envelopes an atmosphere of uncertainty and disturbance within Pips world as he propels himself from the ‘meshes’ of Kent to London‚ examining his incomplete sense of belonging‚ due to disturbance of the ‘Victorian Great chain of Being’. Money can buy status‚ as indicative through Compeyson and Drummle‚ but neither character is noble. Money is not an indication of character‚ as wrongly perceived by Pip. Pip and Estella‚ parts of what make the lower class‚
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‘Cousin Kate’ by Christina Rossetti This Victorian poem is about the narrator (a fallen woman)‚ the Lord and Kate. It is a ballad which tells the story from the narrator’s perspective about being shunned by society after her ‘experiences’ with the lord. The poem’s female speaker recalls her contentment in her humble surroundings until the local ‘Lord of the Manor’ took her to be his lover. He discarded her when she became pregnant and his affections turned to another village girl‚ Kate‚ whom he
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Shaw that gives us an idea of the value in the Victorian era through the witty and rousing lines of his characters. The message Shaw tried to limn through his genius work is vividly drawn and is dearly ambiguous to anyone who is paying attention. In Pygmalion‚ Shaw focused his theme on the Victorian decorum of the contemporary society‚ which is named in many parts of Mr. Doolittle’s speech in the play as the "middle class morality". In the Victorian times‚ the rich were distinguished from the poor
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Robert Browning’s poem‚ Andrea del Sarto’ presents the reader with his views on the painter’s life‚ an artist who has lost faith in the Parnassian ideal of living for art‚ and now has to use art as a living. The poem looks at the darker side of the painter when he was older‚ and expresses a lot about Browning as well‚ and how he thought his work was perceived‚ and the context of his life and times. The poem covers many ideas and themes‚ which not only create a powerful poem‚ but also create commentary
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resurge the desires for the meat’s flesh which had long been dormant in the European conscience during centuries. As Kilgour states (1995) “the gothic played a significant part in the late eighteenth century debates over the moral reading dangers”. This era witnessed an unprecedented eroticism display‚ and make art into an immense showcase where it can be contemplated some
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Bailey’s had his own side story in the book which made the story more real. The second thing that we also discussed was what happened in the story so far. We talked about how the book‚ “The Night Circus”‚ is a fairytale most likely set in the Victorian Era . The description of the way the characters talked‚ the scenery‚ clothing described as long dresses that went down to the ankle worn with gloves‚ and the girls hair was styled up in a bun all gave a old time feeling. The book mostly takes
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The Victorian period consisted of exhausting expectations of mannerly behavior‚ especially on women. Etiquette rules around this time constricted women from their attired to their acts. The most influential cultural idea during the 19th century was the inferiority of women compared to men. In comparison to today‚ women were expected to focus on their homes and families. In “The Yellow Wallpaper‚” Charlotte Perkins Gilman offers insight into the Victorian time and its societal norms. Besides providing
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Victorian Era Décor The Victorian Era featured many changes ranging from the role of women to the design of homes. Many elements of the home design changed from the Gothic Revival style to the Victorian style. The items people decorated with changed‚ and the way they filled their homes. This era was a beautiful era for so many reasons. Victorian Era Architecture Victorian architecture has many gorgeous features that make this style of architecture very distinctive. One feature of Victorian architecture
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the poem is a variation on the theme of men processing women as objects‚ "You beatiful Lucrezia that are mine!" reveals the artist’s desire to assert his male dominance over her female passivity. Browning showcases the role of women during the Victorian era and the time as men only refer to them as objects as they were only desired by men for their "perfect eyes...perfect mouth..."over time women have become more powerful as portrayed in Memoirs of a Geshia as the society has recognised and potential
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