Victoria of the United Kingdom

country. When the Third king Jigme Dorji Wangchuck succeeded the throne, the situation of Bhutan drastically changed. The way towards democratization was started with the establishment of the National Assembly, Royal Adversary council, joining to UNO (United Nation Organization), Colombo plan etc. Therefore this essay will briefly talk how Bhutan entered into the process of democratization under dynamic leadership. Sending crown prince Jigme Dorji Wangchuck to study abroad, such as to…

The Alter Ego of Jack Worthing “The Importance of Being Earnest (also called A Trivial Comedy for Serious People)” is a play written by Oscar Wilde in the late 1890's. Although it is comedy, it is also a social satire and it has some serious themes hidden in its lines. The themes here address Victorian social issues. In in the late 19th century, in the Victorian society, the life was not very easy. People were divided in social classes and there was a strict code of morals which people from…

Imagine working an 18-hour shift six days a week. To most adults today, that would be unbearable, but for many child laborers in Victorian England, such labor was the reality. In Great Expectations, Charles Dickens portrays many cruelties imposed on children in the Victorian Era that reflected reality. Dickens’s portrayal of children in the Victorian Era was not at all dramatized and depicted what many child laborers faced in the Victorian Era. The creation of factories in Britain had many…

Oscar Wilde, the author of a very successful play, “The Importance of Being Earnest”, set the play in the 19th century, or the Victorian Era. Wilde’s purpose was to make a mockery of Victorian ideas, especially the idea of being earnest. Each of the four main characters are shown to be part of a Victorian society that Wilde is satirising. Jack invented a false individual known as Ernest. He is shown to be a liar while living an earnest life, which makes him a hypocrite. Thus, Jack is a…

In the 19th century literature, the governess was mostly silenced, being a simple female character. On the contrary, in Neo-victorian literature, she was given voice and was no longer only a character in the background. Having a poor social condition, the governesses in the Victorian age were known to have been exemplary women: modest, diligent, with good reputation. In the house where they worked, they would have a place somewhere between a member of the family and a servant.…

Extreme fascination, passion, lust and beauty can be tempting, but admitting to them was a struggle facing people in 19th century or Victorian Era and this is evident in the novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray.” When Oscar Wilde wrote, “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, he was critiquing a cultural moment in time. He was attempting to make his Victorian audience think about their inability to admit to their true desires and fear of temptation. A British journalist by the name W. T. Stead committed the…

Primarily, Wilde constructs the foil character of Lord Caversham as an “old gentlemen of seventy” (1.1A) who abides by Victorian English expectations to contrast Lord Goring’s repudiation towards aristocratic constraints as influenced by Aestheticism. When the audience is introduced to Lord Caversham in Act 1 Scene 1A, Wilde illustrates his aristocratic credence through his costume where he wears “the riband and star of the Garter” and is “A fine Whig type” “Rather like a portrait by Lawrence”…

The Invisible man Invisible man is something we do not hear on a daily bases. The man who change everything with his power will be shown through the actions he decides to make during the novel The invisible Man by H.G Wells. We are shown how great of a writer Wells is. We can recognize the theme of power in the actions of the invisible man has made throughout his novel. In The Invisible Man, Wells exercise the symbolism of power and self-control to develop the theme of power. Power is…

Elizabeth (1998) is a film on an incredibly iconic and powerful leader, Queen Elizabeth I of England. She had ruled her country for 40 years. She had inherited a broken and failing England, and she had taken it to become the richest and most powerful country in Europe. The film encapsulates several aspects of leadership as we had learned in Leadership Developmental Studies: A Humanities Approach. Elizabeth had captured the elements of developing a personal leadership philosophy, articulating a…

Watson 1 Jane Eyre Literary Analysis Nautica Watson Ms.Lovin AP Literature 02/08/18 SOCIAL CLASS STATUS IN JANE EYRE Charlotte Bronte's novel by the name Jane Eyre is set in Victorian England, a place that social class played a huge factor in life as well as in society. Therefore, the novel plays a critical role in exploring the Victorian England strict hierarchy. Of importance, is that through Jane the main protagonist in the novel, Charlotte attempts to show that social class relationships…