Victorian era

character known as Professor James Moriarty. Doyle’s creation of Moriarty was influenced by major criminals, who were known for terrorizing Victorian England such as Adam Worth and Jack the Ripper. Doyle had designed Moriarty to be a criminal mastermind who represents an opposition towards Victorian morality, and made him an “other” of Victorian England’s society. Victorian morality was a strict ethical code and a low tolerance for crime, which were the values of people living in 19th century…

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…

Eyre, this perspective provides insight into the experiences of those living in Victorian England. By examining our protagonist and her journey through tumultuous times are the aspects of Victorian society revealed: among them the facets of genteel…

While poetry was the most dominant genre up to the Romantic Period, the Victorian Era can be considered as the age of the novel, not only did the Victorian Era revolutionized the novel in those times, but it also made it as the most popular form of literary writing that has remained up to present times. The Victorian Era was named after Queen Victoria, who was the first English monarch to see her name given during the period of her reign whilst still living. Victoria’s reign lasted over 63 years…

Galligani Casey. "The Potential of Sisterhood: Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market," in Victorian Poetry, Vol. 29, No. 1, Spring, 1991, pp. 63-78. Purpose of article The book chapter ‘The Potential of Sisterhood’ published in 1992 was written by Janet Galligani Casey. The text originates and still appears to date in the Victorian Poetry Vol 29 pp. 63-78. The novel successfully studies the poetry of the Victorian Period through a vast variety of theoretical angles such as feminism, new…

clear division of roles between males and females in the late 19th century Victorian era, display distinct characteristics that define how a man and woman are to behave. These attributes, or gender roles, determine the standard of society, and is what is considered to be acceptable behaviour. Author, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, more commonly known as Lewis Carroll, challenges the patriarchal gender roles in the Victorian Era by exchanging the typical attributes associated with males and females in…

day for women and children. The highest job a woman could be was a teacher but the feminist movements of this time helped women come out behind closed doors. As time passed, women were given the equal status as men. Also, family structure in the Victorian period was very valuable every day. Having a large family and six children was very common in the 1800s and important to the working life. The father of the family would work long hours and be the support barrier for the family. The mother…

not treated as equals. Over the existence of the human race women have been seen as the weakest link, and men have always been expected to be the family’s provider. The setting of A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen takes place during Christmas time in a Victorian middle class household belonging to Torvald and Nora Helmer, their three children, their nurse Anne-Marie, and their maid Helene. In the beginning of the play Nora is asking Torvald for money for Christmas shopping and goes on to talk about…

The Victorian period formally begins in 1837 and ends in 1901. It was a period of social transformations, a situation that forced writers to take action in regard to the social issues of the Community Immediate. Although the forms of romantic expression continued to dominate English literature during the entire century, the attention of many writers went towards other issues; such as the development of English democracy, economic depression, food shortage, low wage, unemployment, the education…

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…