Victorian era

Jamye Waxman explores the history of masturbation in the Victorian Era, and the different practices utilized by individuals in this time period that prevent the practice of masturbation. The theories and experiments of several physicians, psychiatrists, and ministers are explored. Masturbation is a practice that can be traced back as early as the ancient Egyptians, and is even depicted in the Egyptian and Greek hieroglyphics. Through the following years, masturbation had become a taboo issue…

Committing the crime of debt in the Victorian era was considered no less of a crime than that of murder and while you could not be executed for the crime of debt, the use of torture devices was known to have killed countless inmates. Debtors were imprisoned indefinitely or until their debt was paid and unless you had the means to pay the debt off, it was possible to spend your life imprisoned. Death was more plausible than release. While debtors’ prisons were thought to have been abolished in…

Committing the crime of debt in the Victorian era was considered no less of a crime than those of murder. Debtors’ were imprisoned indefinitely or until their debt was paid and unless you had the means to pay the debt off, it was possible to spend your life imprisoned. Death was more plausible than release. In the Marshalsea, debts as low as one shilling could keep you imprisoned indefinitely. Families were allowed to live with the debtor and they were allowed to come and go as they pleased.…

Sexuality the Victorian Era The Victorian Era was a period in which took name from Queen Victoria’s reign during the 1800’s. This era introduced it’s people to strict beliefs of procreation only. Bram Stoker’s Dracula introduces women in sexual manners during a time where women were prohibited from sexual encounters known as the Victorian Era. A Victorian woman was one of two things a virgin recognized as pure and innocent, or a wife and a mother. The sexual behavior of a Victorian woman was…

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…

that women are oppressed in society and are not considered individuals during the Victorian Era. This is because during the Victorian Era women were not given the same amount of freedom as to men and were treated as possessions instead of individuals. Ibsen uses the title of the play, the tarantella dance and the macaroons mentioned in the play to portray his negative perspective of society during the Victorian Era. Henrik Ibsen uses the title of the play ‘A Doll’s House’ to portray…

“The Importance of Being Ernest” by Oscar Wilde reveals that living in the Victorian era is complicated due to the social norms from that time period. Furthermore, the upper and lower class represent the rupture in the Victorian era, lady Bracknell demonstrates the hypocrisy from the higher class towards the lower class and the use of the false identities represent the irony of Jack and Algernon’s way of thinking. Therefore, social convention brings challenging issues to most of the characters…

place in society. This dilemma is very similar to what women in the Victorian era faced. This era was a time in which society was dominated by males and social class rankings. Emily Brontë effectively conveys her feminist way of thinking and explains what women went through during the Victorian era in her novel, Wuthering Heights. Brontë uses the main character, Catherine, to reveal the unjust treatment of women during the Victorian era by portraying the lack of women 's rights, deficiencies in…

How has women’s clothes represented their role in the Victorian society? While contemporary weddings are often a symbol of love and commitment between the bride and the groom, for the history of the past, love actually played a very minor role in the majority of matrimonies that took place. In the Victorian era, marriage was not as romanticized or fairy tale-like as depicted in many novels of the time, it were seen as two families joining together forming a business deal in a beneficial…

Arthurian Legend “The Sword in the Stone” demonstrates how literature is modified over time, specifically during the Victorian Era (early-late 1800’s) and into the Modern Age (post 1901). Literary adjustments, including those of Arthur’s character and subtle changes in setting and placement of the sword masterfully demonstrate the fluidity of culture within a piece of literature . The Victorian Era, represented by work The Sword of Kingship, showed a clear dependence on the industrial revolution…