19th century

For the past century and a half, much of the world has incorrectly come to the conclusion that Louisa May Alcott intended her novel, Little Women, to serve as a conservative icon that endorses the proper life for women to aspire to, the life of a subservient wife and mother. However, Alcott did not intended her novel to be a propagandist piece supporting the cult of domesticity, the philosophy that women in the 1800s should stay at home and not work outside of the domestic sphere. In contrast,…

David S. Mason finds that nationalism “threatened primarily, of course, the multinational and autocratic state that still controlled most of Europe in the nineteenth century.” Following the French revolution of 1848 which expelled King Louis Phillipe, Europe’s nationalistic sentiments erupted, initiating revolt across the continent. According to Carl Schurz, a German student at the time, “the word democracy was soon…

Essay prompt 1- One of the most influential authors of the 19th century was Nathanial Hawthorn, who displayed many things though his works. Most being prominent political, economic, and cultural issues surrounding his community, as well as the nation at that time. One of the most important themes in his most popular writings was the relationship between individualism, and responsibility to community. In both “My Kinsman, Major Molineux”, and The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne expresses his views on…

Clothing is a way for people to express how they feel. In the late 19th century pin-up dressing was something women began to take part in. Pin-up was women way to show toughest, visibility, fierce, and independent by their clothing. Similar to gothic clothing with black attire, black hair, black fingernail, and black eyeliner…

During the late 19th century, conflict with labor was very normal due to the harsh working conditions the workers had to overcome. The Industrial Revolution created many new job openings which led to owners of the companies only caring about financial issues or values, leaving their workers with dangerous conditions and low wages. As a result of this, labor unions and strikes occurred to challenge the owners about the unsanitary conditions, low wages and unfair pay. The Government introduced…

Crafts Movement of the second half of the 19th century was an English aesthetic movement that started an appreciation of decorative arts throughout Europe. It is difficult to say what exactly can be described as ‘Arts and Crafts’ as the craftsmen and women associated with the movement were working within a spectrum of crafts; as architects, printers, painters, sculptors and jewellers. The revival of Arts and Crafts in the second half of the 19th century incorporated many different traditions of…

of the 20th century, women and men both resided in separate moral classes and spheres of society. Men were expected to be the head of the household and work for money, whereas women were expected to be submissive to their husbands and complete housework. In many of Kate Chopin’s stories, she makes indications on the feminist movement of the 19th and 20th century. Her short story, “The Story of an Hour,” edifies her readers on the authority men had over their wives during the 19th century. The…

the feminist ideology of the American Bohemian Movement in late 19th century Victorian culture. The urban space provided women with a new way to countermand the patriarchal values of Victorian culture, which had severely limited the rights and social place of women in society. The New Woman of the 1890s was the result of the increasing presence of European Bohemianism, which had been developing in the U.S. since the mid 19th century. Various women in urban spaces began to become more independent…

Nora is not eight years old, but he treats her as she is. Nora is a grown woman and can make her own decisions yet Torvald is almost always invested in the what she is doing. In his sense Torvald is an atrocious husband, however In the nineteenth century this is how husbands treated wives. Torvald is most likely raised seeing this and he observes it in other couples. Torvald can not be titled as an antagonist because he is shown the way he treats his wife is how all wives are treated. In final…

in a state of rapid growth, especially in the North and West areas of America. There was an emerging middle class, the very first of its existence, worming its way between the dirt poor and the filthy rich. Although the middle class in the late 19th century was just the beginning and, therefore, only a small portion of the…