Victorian architecture

Victorian literature was composed from roughly 1830-1900 under the reign of Queen Victoria of England. It is most often characterized by the hypocrisy of the social stratosphere and the precedence of good over evil. Victorian author Oscar Wilde, however, challenged the bounds of typical Victorian literature and ultimately “opened the door for the development of modernism” (Gutierrez-Folch). Two of his works, The Importance of Being Earnest and An Ideal Husband, portray Wilde’s ideas and…

depiction of the working class changes from the sympathetic to the threatening during the Victorian period? The differences between plebeians and bourgeois during the Victorian period progressed from condole the working class to threatened by them. Regardless of the sentimental portrayal to a sympathetic representation of the working class, that Charles Dickens has presented in his novels, the Victorians shared an anxiety of revolution in the middle and upper class affecting the plebeians…

The final epoch within the Victorian Age, sometimes called the “Late Period,” lasted from 1870 to 1901 (“Victorian” 544). For the Victorians who were well-off, the Late Period provided stability and countless opportunities for leisure, tourism, and intellectual and artistic pursuits (544). The city of London, especially, was laden with remarkable sights, cutting-edge technological innovations, and enriching experiences that catered to this demographic, along with an increasing culture of…

prosperity that it brings, and finally into happiness she finds back at the crippled Mr. Rochester. Throughout the novel, Brontë expresses a number of ideas about the dynamics of economic standing and how it directly correlates to social status in Victorian culture; however, Brontë often uses Jane to break the traditional rules of class standing and economic position to present an interesting and culture…

The Victorian Age began with the reign of Queen Victoria in 1837 and ended after her death in 1901. Everyone was held to certain expectations because of its high morals and ethics, as well as its social customs. Men and women had difficult responsibilities that were expected to be carried out. The duties held liable for depended on the class the women and men belonged to. In the Victorian Era, the roles between men and women were sharply defined, in favor in men. Throughout this time period, men…

terrible poverty.” Prudish and narrow-minded are excellent terms that describe how the people from the Victorian era are portrayed. The Victorian era was a time when the legs of a table had to be concealed under cloth so that it was not suggestive in any way. Alfred, Lord Tennyson was a prominent author in the Victorian era. By the age of forty-one, Tennyson became the most popular poet of the Victorian era. “The Lady of Shalott” is a famous poem written by Tennyson that expresses a great deal…

of vampires. Not only did this Victorian novel, written in 1897, become a landmark piece of gothic literature, but also it defined the contemporary form and image of vampires and paved the way for multiple interpretations in modern culture. Nevertheless, “Dracula” is not just an outstanding horror fiction book. It is also a profound insight into Victorian age – a defining time in the history of the Western world, when so many cornerstones of society began…

societies throughout the ages have given and assigned such burdens to members of both genders, women have arguably been hit the hardest by societal expectations based on gender. One of the most restrictive of such societies was the Victorian one of the 19th century. In Victorian society, women were seen as little more than beautiful objects: they were supposed to be both submissive and subordinate to men, not to mention intellectually…

Review According to Dictionary.com which defines significance as “the quality of being significant or having meaning” The quote itself lends to the idea that during the majority of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century Victorians saw a development and change of ideas toward material goods. Whether it be for religious or moral matters. Cohen’s “Household Gods” elaborates on trends and ideologies that were seen during the time and attempts to provide an explanation as…

Queen Victoria is most interesting to me because of her successful reign during the Victorian Era, everything she accomplished in Britain, and the unique life she lived compared to most other monarchs. I consider Queen Victoria’s reign during the Victorian Era very successful, because she became one of the longest-reigning monarchs of the British Empire. This was most likely because she was crowned at such a young age compared to most of the other monarchs. Victoria accomplished a lot for her…