Victorian literature

Title: The Awakening Author: Kate Chopin Setting: New Orleans, Louisiana and Grand Isle, Louisiana Genre: Drama, Romance (to an extent), Feminist Literature Historical context: Published in 1899. At the time, women’s issues were at the forefront of America. In particular, the setting (Louisiana) was a state that trended towards traditional attitudes (low divorce rate, traditional gender roles). Theme; Gender Roles “If it was not a mother’s place to look after children, whose on earth was it?”…

Feminism, a highly controversial issue in the late eighteenth century England, and the key figure of this particular movement is John Stuart Mill and Mary Woolstonecraft is seen to be the leading figure, who fights for social equality among men and women, especially by providing equal opportunities and rights in the fields of education and marriage. Women’s rights were a disputatious topic during the eighteenth century and Austen certainly concerned herself therefore, Feminism, is a belief that…

Being considerate and helpful to others is what makes you have a humanity. “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens is a story about a man named Ebenezer Scrooge who was tremendously greedy and was visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future to make him see what his selfishness had caused him.This story has multiples themes, such as social justice, the true meaning of humanity, etc. Greed overtakes the humanity of those who possess it because it pushes away everyone you love and…

Written Task 1 Jane Eyre Rationale I have decided to write my Written Task 1 as a diary based on the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. Born on 1816, Charlotte was one of the many Brontë sisters. She was raised by her stern religious grandparents due to the death of her mother and eldest siblings. She then attended a clergy institute. Following this, she earned a living as a governess and a writer and soon after published the highly-critiqued novel ‘Jane Eyre’ in 1847 under the pseudonym…

What can one learn about our own society through this study? I think that people should study the world of Charles Dickens, because they can understand what it was like to live in Victorian London and how people lived at that time. In Charles Dickens’ books they are mostly about people that are poor, because Dickens wanted people to understand how the poor lived through his books. One can learn about our own society through Dickens’…

‘The French Lieutenant's Woman’ is a postmodernist novel, which embodies a Victorian novel in which a battle between modern and conventional qualities takes place. Fowles presents this fight through the two women that Charles falls in love: Sophia Woodruff and Ernestina Freeman. In fact the entire book is based on different antithesis regarding diverse characteristics. First of all, the most emphasised contrast is between Sophia and Ernestina. One represents the past and the present which is…

Irene Alder: Incongruent for Her Time in History The expected role of Victorian women was limited to the responsibilities of caring for the home and family while catering to their husband, a highly restrictive existence, where life centered around their spouse and subsequently their children. However, Irene Alder does not fit into the social expectations of the 1890’s because she is an intelligent and powerful woman, who is independent and capable of existing outside the environment of home and…

George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion is a satire that uses comedy to highlight the social issues of the day. It is also based on a Greek mythological lady statue of the same name. According to Blank Shaw’s Pygmalion is a story that is original witty and the characters have recognizable personalities. The plays plot begins when two phonetician make a bet to turn a street merchant; a flower girl into a lady who would pass as a ditches, teaching her how to speak, act and dress like a proper lady…

"The Kaleidoscope of Truth: A New Look at Chopin's 'The Storm.'." Short Story Criticism, edited by Jelena Krstovic, vol. 110, Gale, 2008. Literature Resource Center, http://link.galegroup.com.tamiu.idm.oclc.org/apps/doc/H1420082718/GLS?u=txshracd2563&sid=GLS&xid=988d5a14. Accessed 17 Feb. 2018. Originally published in American Literary Realism, 1870-1910, vol. 36, no. 1, Fall 2003, pp. 51-64…

the streets of London to retrieve Oliver and bring him back to the orphanage. This is basically the whole plot and structure of the book. England, London in the year 1830 is the primary setting world of the workhouse, the criminal world and the Victorian middle-class. Dark, gloomy, cold and wet weather throughout, except for the country village where it's perpetually bright and sunny. The signfancy choice of the setting of this particular story because London is not jolly tea-drinking paradise…