University of Victoria

[hider=NS skeleton] [center][img]http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/althistory/images/f/f4/Flag_of_Montreal_(No_Napoleon).svg/revision/latest?cb=20120513021903[/img] [h2]Choedal Kingdoms[/h2][/center] [u][b]Nation Overview[/b][/u] Choedal Kingdoms is an absolute monarchy country located north of Ardäin and Mille-Sessau. The lands are average for farming and the mountains are useful to miners. They are one of few nations where farmers aren't the majority, the miners are the majority. Most…

The Victorian Era was Queen Victoria’s reign over the British Empire. During this time, there was a clear contrast between the place of males and females. Women were made to act and be a certain way, any other idea pertaining was wrong. These girls were expected to be righteous and good, their needs came after the ones of everyone else and their sole purpose was to serve their families. The men however were deemed superior and were expected to save the damsel in distress. This period is…

The Victorian Era was the period in time in which Queen Victoria of England ruled. This time period lasted from 1837 to 1901, and has been characterized as an extended period of peace with rigid codes of social conduct. Throughout this time period, an abundance of music, art, technological and scientific advances were produced that have continued into the present. One of the greatest progressions of the Victorian Era was the rise of literature. During this time period, literature became an…

The Victorian period formally begins in 1837, the year Victoria became queen, and ends in 1901, the year she dies. 1830 is usually thought of as the end of the Romantic Era in Britain, which makes an appropriate starting date for Victorianism. (Walker pg. ) Arthur Conan Doyle’s birth year, 1859, fell 22 years into Queen Victoria’s 64-year reign, a time of unparalleled growth and optimism for the British Empire. (BBC.co.uk) Supplies and workforce taken from groups worldwide had made England grow…

“The Veldt” is a short and twisting story written in 1950 by Ray Bradbury about the Hadley family who lives in a futuristic world that ends up “ruining human relationships and destroying the minds of children” (Hart). The house they live in is no ordinary home, Bradbury was very creative and optimistic when predicting future technology in homes. This house does everything for the residence including tying shoes, making food, and even rocking them to sleep. The favourite room of the children,…

Jack and Algernon, two significant characters in Oscar Wilde’s Importance of Being Earnest, are characterized by similarities and differences that drive the main plot of the play. For example, both characters are well versed in the art of deception, because they have used fictional names and characters in their lives. The “Bunburying” causes the most comic aspect of the play: the mistaken identities. Although the two characters take parallel actions, such as when they developed imaginary…

Lord Alfred Tennyson’s Idylls of the King was written in Victorian England and the latest version was published in 1885, though the actual writing process covered a span of almost 50 years. Tennyson bases the series of poems comprising the Idylls on the European myth of King Arthur and the court of Camelot and various other adaptations of that legend. The evolution of Tennyson’s female characters to their final stages underscores an undermining of traditional Victorian gender roles by…

The Strange Importance of Identity Humans are incredibly social creatures, and strive to be their personal best so they will have a stamp of approval from society. In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson and The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde this is seen clearly in both sets of works. During the Victorian era, social status was very important and determined who you were in society, it was paramount to be in the upper class of society. However,…

Oscar Wilde 's The Picture of Dorian Gray, is a story almost solely infused with the Victorian era 's obsession with appearances. Epigrams pierce through this shallow pool of perfection and offer slight glimmers of the harsh reality behind this vanity. Lord Henry, the main source of epigrams, acts as a magnifying glass for the Victorian culture 's deep and dark problems lying just below the calm, mellow surface. Many of Wilde 's epigrams concentrate on the morality of how one deals with one 's…

Colonialism is a hidden theme among many children’s books during the 1800’s; as a result of this readers are able to see the world and literature that shaped many human beings. As readers, we are able to see into the literary world but nonetheless and world that reflects the society the novel was written in. Literature can act as a form of propaganda for some writers, for example Lewis Carroll 's Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland. While this novel deals with colonialism we are able to see how…