Victorianism

Victorian era was also a time of great signification for the political system. When Victorian reign took place, the first prime minster is she appointed was Whig politician Viscount Melbourne although the Whigs had a great influence in the British politics during 1860s, they were still sidelined by the liberal party. Edward Smith Stanley of the Whig was the last prime minster who resigned in 1868 and after that politics of England was dominated by the liberals and conservative party. At a time…

Ambition is connotatively a positive characteristic— something that serves as a stepping stone towards success. However, in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Victor Frankenstein, two characters filled with ambition, never attain the results they want. The characters both struggle with mental and emotional issues, deterring them from attaining their desired results. The novels Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde…

The Victorian Era is understood to have existed during the rule of Queen Victoria during 1837 to 1901 and it was realized to be an exciting period that saw various literary schools, artistic styles, along with, social and political movements. Notably, the period was described to have led to swift developments and changes from observed advances in scientific, technological, and medical knowledge to changes in population growth. It was reckoned as an era of prosperity, great political reforms, and…

woman must figure out how to quell her own particular motivations, and must support her own energies under the iron hand of reason. Subsequently, the supposition of this novel, had reasonably spoken to social standards and awesome arrangement of Victorianism, additionally women had been precisely depicted in the subordinate social position that standards and mores had consigned them which are being replaced by the femme fatale…

roles. This novel took place in the Victorian era which was a time where both genders needed strength and support from each other. The era associated with the values of social and sexual restraints that people had during that time. In the article, Victorianism in America, a man would likely have “this tendency to “’go to work’” (par.4), while the “women were expected to confine their own aspirations to those that fit within their husband's sphere” (par.5). Therefore, this implies that the gender…

Alfred Tennyson’s attitude towards nature and human life Tennyson’s poetry can be seen in his treatment of and approach to Nature. Like Shelley, he presents the various aspects of Nature with a scientific accuracy and precision of detail. Influenced by the evolutionary theory, he discards the traditional idea of a benevolent and motherly Nature, and brings out her fiercer aspects as well. He also finds Nature ‘red in tooth and claw’, and shows the cruelty perpetrated in the form of the…

Beardsley The Yellow Book is known as the reflection of the “Yellow Nineties,” an era in the 18th and 19th century in which Victorianism was giving way to Regency style that was elaborate and ornate. This neoclassical style borrowed from Greek and Egyptian motifs with the attitudes and French influences. The the purpose of this magazine was to be a new type of Journal that was intended to attract attention by its format, contents with an absolute partition between its literary side and artistic…

pursued to restrict art to stand on its own, a group of artists revolted against Victorian beliefs; among them was Oscar Wilde. He composed a philosophical fictional novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, that serves as a contradictory model against Victorianism for the sake of art. It directs on Wilde’s uprise against morality and the embrace of a hedonistic lifestyle. An…

Birds have always been fascinating creatures to the imaginative impression of our creative entity. The moment man realizes the value of liberty in life and living, he grows desperate to cling to it. However, the more he tries to grab it in both hands the more it evades. Life on earth within a social decorum is so designed that the free flight of a mind finds it clipped. Down the ages, this consciousness only grows to make him feel his limitation and his inevitable lot of being restrained. On the…

dominated the professional discussions, such diversity prevented the creation of a single voice that could define the nature of ideal womanhood” (Guy 171). Evidence of this comes from Donna Guy questioned if Latin American Countries ever experienced Victorianism like other cultures, she points out that “In Mexico City, a significant portion of the poor population could not afford clothing, and many upper-class women did not know how to maintain households that conformed to European standards”…