Edwardian era

During the Victorian era 1837 to 1901, Queen Victoria, ruler of England, had a huge influence of Victorian fashion. Queen Victoria was often very straight forward in her demands on how women should dress. Victoria would use her Lord Chamberlain, a counselor to the throne, to distribute her style commands in the "Court Journal", a gossip article, describing what was going on in British Royalty. To be considered a lady in Victorians time, people would have to strictly follow a code of manners,…

The Progressive Era lasted from 1900 to 1920. It was a time where there was a lot of social activism and political reform in the US. The main goals of the progressive movement were to stop political corruption, stop monopolies from forming, prohibit bad things such as prostitution, gambling, and alcohol and fight for women’s suffrage. The 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th amendments are all results of the success of the progressive era. The “Progressives” were young people who were mostly Protestant,…

similarities with that of the psychoanalytical theory. I mentioned sexual repression last week as a part of the Governesses’ decent into madness; however, this week’s theory gives more of a backdrop for that eventual loss of sanity. During the Victorian era, sexual promiscuity was forbidden; therefore, any sexual repression had to remain unsatisfied. James takes sexual repression to an all-time high, by subtly writing about sexuality. Obviously, James- pioneering a new age of literary knowledge…

Oscar Wilde ridicules Victorian aristocracy’s gluttony and self-indulgence by using hunger as a euphemism for desire. Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest stands as a parody of society, morals, and marriage during Queen Victoria’s reign. Conflict arises in the scenes of the play that feature food, such as: the stolen bottle of wine, Algernon devouring sandwiches meant for his aunt, Jack and Gwendolen’s bread and butter, and the muffins. Algernon bewilders Jack by eating muffins during a time…

I. Introduction “The Lady of Shalott,” by Alfred Tennyson, is an extraordinary poem about a lady that is trapped in a tower in the city of Camelot. The lady of this tower is longing to be free of confinement, sadness, and of loneliness. Even though she can see out of the tower through the view of her mirror, she is so very lonely and isolated from the world. Eventually, the lady becomes so, very desperate for love and a relationship that she leaves her castle; and in leaving she realizes that…

The political wars in the 1700 times, rule over some of the countries, but had less security than the earlier time. Historian Sidney Milkis categorize the success of the original progressive Era as a momentous reconstruction of politic. Political is a description that were equal applied to many of the social movement that gear to better the align America’s political and social order with its ideals of being free, equal, and opportunity for all. The majority parties often ignored social movement…

During the Elizabethan era, a person’s clothes and fashion depended on his social status. These rules were specified in the Sumptuary Laws. These laws were explained to the citizens about the serious and harsh rules about what they could and could not wear from the color to the material of the clothing. These laws were made to limit the money of might been spent on clothing, accessories, and jewelry. In addition, these laws also showed the separated classes depended on the clothing that the…

1). Through this outlook women during the Victorian Era were expected to be obedient and reserved, shown through Helen who preached a philosophy of, “ it is as natural that I [Helen] should love those who show me affection, or submit to punishment when I feel it is deserved” (Bronte 75). In contrast however stood Jane Eyre, believing herself, “a free human being with an independent will” that was revolutionary for a woman during the Victorian Era to state out loud (Bronte 319). This aspect of…

Some people see life as a escapade, other people see it as something they just hope to get through. During the Victorian era was an utmost period of social prejudice, industrialisation that brought fast changes into everyday life that affected social classes. Life during this period depended on your social class and where you lived. Life was so controlled during this era that people were custme to this norm that majority of the people did not question their norms, except there were people who…

During the Progressive Era, people tried to solve the problems, partially being caused by the rapidly changing political system, through independence groups and calling awareness of the wrongs of society. In the 1900s Progressive Movement, social problems reducing around industrial capitalist costs to go up and profits down. This resulted in decreased wages and increased working hours, which began to result in the poverty which was present during this age. Progressive era reformers Jane Addams…