19th century

In the late 19th and early 20th century, the major themes of the world were conquest, revolt, and nationalism. Benefiting from the Enlightenment, the enlightened Europeans turned to be “the most powerful, most innovative, most prosperous, most expansive, and most widely imitated people on the planet” (Strayer, 775). They were a global dominance and exercised enormous power over the rest of humankind. After resisting to Europeans’ conquest, colonial Asians and Africans started to seek their…

corrupted government, that it was “glittering on the surface corrupt underneath”, addresses the corruption that was shaping the nation in the mid-19th century. Reconstruction was a time when the U.S. population and economy grew quickly, but along with this, there was a lot of political corruption. The widespread belief in the middle to the late 19th century was that the United States had a special mission to expand westward. Urbanization during the Reconstruction, including rapid immigration…

Charlotte Perkins Gillman wrote a story that is considered to be one of the classics when it comes to feminist literature. Helped by her own experiences with patriarchy, it allowed the readers of today to almost relive a woman being driven to madness by a Victorian "rest cure", a once frequently prescribed period of inactivity thought to cure hysteria, depression, nervousness and anxiety in women. In the period of which this specific piece of literature was created was not only a time where…

The Coquette and The Awakening show female desire to break the constraints placed on women in the 19th century. In The Coquette, Eliza Wharton is presented with two choices, one man or the other. The option never exists for her to simply not be with a man, to not conform to the societal expectation of women. The Awakening presents Edna Pontellier, a wife and a mother, transforming from the ideal picture of woman to pursuing her own desires. Women’s desire is not only shown from the plot, the…

Both book and film are set in the 19th century and center on the protagonist Louis Mallard. The heart troubles experienced by Mrs. Mallard play an important role in both the film and literary version. There’s a strong semblance of repression from both the film and book, however, the restrictions experienced by Mrs. Mallard in the film seems to be more particular to her character than the universal feelings of subjugation through marriage for women in the 19th century that the book conveys. Minor…

Some argued the moral position of this situation. They thought it was wrong to subjugate other nations for America’s welfare; and they were willing to apply the human rights to the people in the foreign lands. Others criticized the act of hypocrisy America was in. The United States knew what it was to fight for the liberation of its people, but still it wanted to do the same thing to less-develop countries. The anti-expansionists saw the contradiction of America’s actions. It wanted to help the…

In the 19th century women with nervous illnesses would be treated with the rest cure which “… involves isolation, enforced bed rest, and… constant feeding… reducing the dependency of an infant” (Science Museum). Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote the “The Yellow Wallpaper” in which the narrator undergoes severe depression after giving birth then is prescribed the rest cure by her husband/physician John. An analysis of the yellow wallpaper shows one perspective of gender relations during the 19th…

saw the practices as revolutionary to American business and saw the businessmen as ‘Captains of Industry’ for their good work and innovate practices. (Doc C-2). This is the title the businessmen of the Gilded Age worked hard to deserve. In the 19th century, the upper class grew. “…the richest 9 percent of Americans controlled 75 percent of the nation’s wealth.” (Context). These people often gained their wealth at the expense of the poor. Business owners, such as Andrew Carnegie and John…

In the classic novel, Pride and Prejudice, author Jane Austen allows her readers to experience the lives of a typical 19th century family through the perspective of the Bennets. As readers follow along with the lives of the Bennets, many social norms and conducts from that era are revealed. Although readers learn the results of possessing pride or prejudice through the theme, Austen is also able to demonstrate that women were socially pushed into unreasonable expectations, especially to be…

There are many points that can be compared in Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” to her “A Visit to Avoyelles” short story. For example, both of the stories take place in the nineteenth century, and revolve around something to do with marriage or human relationships. However, there are also more important points in contrast. In perspective of Kate Chopin’s view of human relationships, assumptions of other human beings, and themes within the stories, each can have their own comparisons, but…