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    Ramsha Ashraf Proses 19 October 2012 An Imitative Narrative in Mathew Arnold’s Work as a Reflection of Victorian thought and beliefs. The main streams constituting modern European and American thought‚ as imperialism‚ empiricism‚ rationalism‚ utilitarianism‚ racism and pragmatism‚ commenced from the Enlightenment and the prodigious series of changes following French and American Revolutions‚ and also ongoing Industrial Revolution. Historians as Thomas Hobsbawm has remarked that

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    Tennyson’s “Ulysses”--- The Representative of Victorian Times   Tennyson‚ (1809-1892) a great literary titan‚ is the representative poet of Victorian Age and mirrors the most vital problem of industrial and moral life – “religious doubts‚ social problems‚ the revolt of the cultured mind against a corrupt society‚ pride in a far-flung Empire‚ the spirit of compromise so characteristic of the Victorian period”. He was‚ thus‚ a truly national poet and from a nationalistic view-point declares;                

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    The Victorian "spirit"‚ and 4 representative poems (50 pts.) The Victorian spirit is the change from the idleness of the admiration of natural things to the movement and excitement of innovation and change itself. It has turned from the love makes the world go ’round ideal of the Romantics to a tell it like it is attitude. While the Victorian spirit moves to new explorations and energies from what was traditional - submission by women‚ dominance of men‚ and the focus on reaching an Ideal World through

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    21 May 2013 Art in the Victorian Era The Victorian Era was full of many artistic movements some being realism‚ impressionism‚ and post-impressionism. In these times the art world flourished and changed greatly. Before the impressionist there were many restrictions to what art had to be what it looked like and the colors that needed to be used and the subject. During the Victorian era the Catholic Church was in rule of most everything that including art this is why most

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    Hosting in the Victorian Era Hosting was very popular in the Victorian Era . It was a huge privilege to host a tea party. It showed how organized you were and if you were a good wife and mother. You have to have everything in line and have everyone enjoying themselves. Hosting a tea party will be a good way to bring up history. You will become engrossed in the comfort with face-to-face conversation. With today’s media‚ tea parties seem unnecessary and silly. When people imagine tea-parties‚ they

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    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 of the home women were believed to be more dependent‚ gentle and emotional by nature. These

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    During the Victorian Era‚ society’s view on women‚ courtship‚ and marriage differed immensely from today’s views. In the nineteenth century‚ women were held to a higher and stricter standard. Women couldn’t talk to men without being introduced‚ they couldn’t leave the home without a chaperone‚ they had to look their absolute best‚ and many more restrictions. Back then‚ a woman’s main goal or career was to get married and their role in society was within the home. In order to reach that goal‚ girls

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    Pictorialism in the Victorian Era; The Works of Julia Margaret Cameron and Madame Yevonde A Personal Research Project Looking at Two Female Photographers of the Victorian Era and Their Styles of Photography Contents Introduction………………………………....................................................................3 Chapter 1 - Pictorialism……………………………….................................................4 Chapter 2 - Julia Margaret Cameron………………………………...................

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    How Does Stevenson Represent Victorian Society In His Novella ’Jekyll And Hyde’? Throughout the novella ’Jekyll and Hyde’‚ Robert Louis Stevenson represents Victorian society in various ways. The characters used in the novella are an example of what Stevenson thought of London in Victorian times. Moral views of people living around this time have changed imensely to the present. The Victorian era seems to be a time of many contradictions and secrets from the rest of society. Any thoughts or feelings

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    Literary tendency of Victorian literature: special reference to Lord Alfred Tennyson and Robert Browning 1.1 An Introduction to Victorian Period: The Victorian era is generally agreed to stretch through the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901). It was a tremendously exciting period when many artistic styles‚ literary schools‚ as well as‚ social‚ political and religious movements flourished. It was a time of prosperity‚ broad imperial expansion‚ and great political reform. It was also a time‚ which

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