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affection. While it appears to be clear to me that the play is a parody of Victorian ethics and values in the silliness of the characters and the plot, what I discover all the more intriguing is Wilde's utilization of gender role reversal. By having his female characters go up against the parts of men and his male characters go up against the parts of ladies, I find that that Wilde does a very nice job turning Victorian values upside down and demonstrating their flaws. Lady Bracknell appears…

In 1854 London was a city of scavengers, along with a Bohemian crowd of poets, writers and musicians, the home of the River Thames. The city’s growth was spectacular. A census in 1851 registered 2-1/2 million people in a total of ninety square miles of space, “…up from around a million at the turn of the century.” (Johnson, S. p.12) London was economically diverse with its opulent townhouses of Mayfair and Kensington surrounded by streets of poverty and foul smelling industry. .…

Utopian texts attempt to caution society of its flaws through the portrayal of radical ideals and values. This is inherent in Thomas More’s Utopia, which highlights idiosyncratic corruption and greed of 16th century England in contrast with an ideal egalitarian society. Utopia illustrates the idea of public ownership, using verisimilitude to present it as a more viable method of social organisation compared to private ownership in the Monarchy. Furthermore, the text questions the nature of…

It was October 18, 2016, and I was about to meet clowns, killers, and hungry butcher. I didn't know how I did it but I made it out of there alive and in one piece. I was in downtown Baton Rouge at a 40,000 square foot building known as the 13th Gate. A place full of professional actors with a creepy makeup job. One thing I remember the most was the elevator shaft. That crazy nurse told the group,” Stay to the edge,” well next thing you know is that the elevator starts shaking, the lights go…

The presence of women in society is no new phenomenon. The genetic findings of the first ‘Eve’ places one of the first theorized woman lives around 143,000 years ago (Fox). Moreover, the coexistence of men and women for these hundreds of thousands of years has led to specific sets of expectations for both genders to fulfill. Throughout several past centuries, there has generally been a trend regarding the dominance of men's actions over those of women’s. However, as technology and society have…

Many works of literature undermine, question, or rebel against aspects of society. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde is a satirical comedy that undercuts the British aristocracy of Late Victorian England. The novella Heart of Darkness calls into question British colonialism and imperialism. Both works of literature reveal human faults within the English aristocracy and imperialism. The novella Heart of Darkness criticizes imperialism and colonialism through the use of an evil tone…

This historical study will define the urban development of the New Woman and the feminist ideology of the American Bohemian Movement in late 19th century Victorian culture. The urban space provided women with a new way to countermand the patriarchal values of Victorian culture, which had severely limited the rights and social place of women in society. The New Woman of the 1890s was the result of the increasing presence of European Bohemianism, which had been developing in the U.S. since the mid…

In the Victorian world, men, for the most part, have substantially greater influence than women in everyday society in many different ways. Men make important political decisions for the well being of their families, while women tend to the normal chores of keeping the house clean and the children in check. The ways in which society places value over men and women is also drastically different. Men are generally admired for their intuition, understanding, reasoning and intelligence, while…

history has unalienable roots which are ever-existent regardless of changes occurring in the meandering journey of life. Such is the case of main protagonist Pip of “Great Expectations”, by Charles Dickens. Pip is introduced to the concoction of Victorian English life that is the combination of extravagance, chance, instinct, experience, and peculiarity. His origins are humble; he is brought up an orphan under a vicious sister in the bottom working class, until one fateful day receiving a large…

The battle of good versus evil isn't always black and white, what one feels internally doesn't always reflect their actions. What represents good and evil, it's arbitrary, it's based on customs, culture, and legends. Evil can be custom made just as much as Good can. In “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis, the esteemed Dr. Jekyll battles with his darker self, this reflects humanity's struggle between selfish desires and the desire to do good by others. London, know for…