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    The Sepoy Rebellion

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    British India, major producer and trader of spices and other material goods, is believed to have been one of the British Empire’s most valuable colonies, both for their abundance of valuable natural resources and large population. The British leaders who chose to take control of India certainly had multiple reasons to do so, most of those falling into the categories of exploitation of resources and propagation of European culture. These motivations are clearly seen in many actions taken or…

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    Madame Defarge goes from a seemingly peaceful character to one that symbolizes the chaos of the French Revolution. Dickens describes her as someone who: “. . . did not often make mistakes against herself in any of the reckonings over which she presided” (Dickens 31). Madame Defarge’s attitude realistically changes from a sense of self-control, unperturbed by others, to bloodlust and frustration shown when she tries to advocate to her husband why they should fight as hard as they can no matter…

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    made. She only focuses on what Melia has gained, not what she has lost. By the end of the poem, one can assume speaker one is a little less innocent and a bit more aware of the reality of life, especially for women in that time period. During the Victorian Era, which is the time period this poem takes place, a woman that is ruined is one that is…

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    Industrial Revolution in England, where women received pay compared to their male counterparts solely based on gender. The rulers at the time, during the Victorian Era, did nothing to prevent these issues, which is why today they still persist. In the view of the author of Great Expectations, Charles Dickens, there were many more problems with the Victorian Era in England. One of the problems was many people had “expectations” at the time, and to expose this issue, Dickens wrote a novel about a…

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    The excerpt chosen from Hard Times by Charles Dickens is about a speaker sharing his view of an educational system that runs solely on teaching facts to students. Since the speaker is sharing his view with the schoolmaster and a third grown person, he speaks in a formal language. However, his formality and character makes him the target of the satirical passage as shown in the second paragraph of the excerpt where the narrator provides a description of the speaker. By referring to the speaker’s…

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    Victorian Era England was a time of major change in Western culture and was a bustling hub for technology and advancements in the way human beings thought about the world around them. Though Victorian England was a time of prosperity and overall success for England it was also a time of classism and useless prejudice. Today in my essay I will delve into the classism of the era and how it affected the people of England. I will also assess whether or not the classism still effects people…

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    In Charlotte Bronte’s novel, Jane Eyre, Bronte uses bird imagery that parallels Jane’s journey as she becomes a woman. The birds symbolize how Jane is trapped, like a caged bird, in the beginning and then develops into a mature young woman who has the strength to ‘set off on her own’. In the end of the novel, Jane returns to Mr. Rochester to start a family, much like birds return to their nest. Through the use of bird imagery such as doves, Bronte allows the readers to gain insight into who Jane…

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    In The Importance Of Being Earnest, the play by Oscar Wilde, he brings out serious issues through humor and slapstick style of comedy. The cucumber sandwiches scene really brings out the slapstick style of the play. In the play when Jack was eating the cucumber sandwiches and his buddy was trying to get some, he said it was improper to eat the sandwiches. When his buddy asked him why it was okay for Jack to eat the sandwiches he replied with “Well she’s my aunt”. Which is actually ironic…

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    true Victorian lady should act like.Lucy was more than just a lady though. Braddon describes her almost as an angel, using sunlight as the tool. She was loved, praised and admired by everyone (Braddon 47).Her fair face is described in the text as shining like a sunbeam. The emphasis on light is shone here and Braddon also makes her sound heavenly and delightful on page 49 when he describes the soft golden curls as making a halo around her face when the sunlight shone through them. Victorian…

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    During the Victorian Era, it was a time of prosperity for the rich, and it was a desperate time for the lower class; the poor only got poorer. It was the Industrial Revolution, but as all revolutions there were side effects. “It was a tremendously exciting period when many artistic styles, literary schools, as well as, social, political and religious movements flourished. It was a time of prosperity, broad imperial expansion, and great political reform. It was also a time, which today we…

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