THE MONSTROSITY CALLED THE CLASS SYSTEM AND VICTORIAN ENGLAND
Throughout this essay, I will be writing about 19th century England where I will talk about the socioeconomic issues of the time while mainly focusing on the different classes, and how the different classes were affected by the changing times.
Firstly, there was the obvious difference in social classes. People were divided into one of three classes. You had the Upper class, the Middle class and the Lower class. The Upper class consisted of very wealthy and powerful people. The middle class consisted of professional workers, low-level managers and small business owners. Finally, you have the lower class. People in the lower class would often experience poverty and those who had jobs did not make very much.
The upper class generally consisted of the richest one or two percent of the population, and was often …show more content…
When It comes to textiles, the power loom which was powered by steam or water would increase the output of a worker by a factor of over 40. The fuel-efficiency of steam engine would increase by up to ten times its previous capabilities and the substitution of coke for charcoal greatly lowered the fuel cost for iron production. Similarly, great advances could now be made within the fields of medicine.
During the Victorian era, things were not looking too great for women. A woman’s job was to marry. They did not have suffrage rights, the right to sue, nor did they have the right to own any form of property themselves. When a woman was married, all of the property that she would have would go over to her spouse. Women during the Victorian era would essentially be her husband’s property.
We could see examples of a woman’s role already in the “Mansfield Park” films we saw. While the boys were treated like princes as children in the Berthrams household, the girls would have to fetch tea and were treated more like servants relative to the
Throughout this essay, I will be writing about 19th century England where I will talk about the socioeconomic issues of the time while mainly focusing on the different classes, and how the different classes were affected by the changing times.
Firstly, there was the obvious difference in social classes. People were divided into one of three classes. You had the Upper class, the Middle class and the Lower class. The Upper class consisted of very wealthy and powerful people. The middle class consisted of professional workers, low-level managers and small business owners. Finally, you have the lower class. People in the lower class would often experience poverty and those who had jobs did not make very much.
The upper class generally consisted of the richest one or two percent of the population, and was often …show more content…
When It comes to textiles, the power loom which was powered by steam or water would increase the output of a worker by a factor of over 40. The fuel-efficiency of steam engine would increase by up to ten times its previous capabilities and the substitution of coke for charcoal greatly lowered the fuel cost for iron production. Similarly, great advances could now be made within the fields of medicine.
During the Victorian era, things were not looking too great for women. A woman’s job was to marry. They did not have suffrage rights, the right to sue, nor did they have the right to own any form of property themselves. When a woman was married, all of the property that she would have would go over to her spouse. Women during the Victorian era would essentially be her husband’s property.
We could see examples of a woman’s role already in the “Mansfield Park” films we saw. While the boys were treated like princes as children in the Berthrams household, the girls would have to fetch tea and were treated more like servants relative to the