Victorian literature

A similar situation also appears in Bell’s later interior scenes. While the artist returned to a more figurative style in 1916, her later interior works demonstrate a composition that is neither specifically figurative nor purely abstract. Two later works by Bell, 8 Fitzroy Street, 1930 (Fig. 52) and Interior with the Artists Daughter, 1935-6 (Fig. 53), suggest the artist’s ongoing interest in decorative design and abstraction. Both works depict Bell’s living space: her London studio at Fitzroy…

Primarily, Wilde constructs the foil character of Lord Caversham as an “old gentlemen of seventy” (1.1A) who abides by Victorian English expectations to contrast Lord Goring’s repudiation towards aristocratic constraints as influenced by Aestheticism. When the audience is introduced to Lord Caversham in Act 1 Scene 1A, Wilde illustrates his aristocratic credence through his costume where he wears “the riband and star of the Garter” and is “A fine Whig type” “Rather like a portrait by Lawrence”…

during the Victorian era. Tone allows a writer to influence a reader's perspective on a particular circumstance by using specific words in their writing to portray a specific opinion. Charles Dickens, a social commentator, utilizes this method to show his readers social disparity throughout his novels. Charles Dickens was primarily critical of the aristocrats due to his experience in his adolescence; his father was imprisoned for debt, which allowed Charles to see the ills of Victorian society…

As many people know in Romeo and Juliet there are two wealthy families in constant conflict; the Montague and Capulet families. The Montague family has a loving, kind, and healthy relationship throughout the entire family; however, the Capulets have a rather hostile relationship. In act 1.2 the father of Juliet, Capulet, behaves in a rather compassionate manner. When Couplet meets with Paris, Paris expresses interest in his daughter, Juliet. As Paris directly notes to Couplet, “‘But now, my lord…

symbolic implications are multivalent: as Lynette Felber writes, ‘[the portrait] protests the power and authority of the male gaze; it anatomizes fetishistic desire; and it raises questions about the construction of women and their sexuality in Victorian society’. Structurally, the portrait heralds the fate of Lady Audley by revealing her dual nature, by implicating a significant secret, and by signifying, in its unfinished state, the uncertainty of her (and George Talboy’s) future. The portrait…

socially constructed term which could be defined as attitudes, feelings, and behaviors that a given culture associates with a person’s biological sex. Based on The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde that is set in late 19th century, the Victorian era. In the 19th century, men are supposed to be more dominant than women. Wilde’s purpose of this play is to criticise the hypocritical society and hence, gender reversals is observed in this play. Gender reversal can be seen in Lady…

Introduction Savitribai Phule was probably first feminist philosopher in colonial India. She was not a typical passive Indian woman who blindly followed her husband. She is a Mother of women Education and vision of her philosophy is to give freedom to woman from so called Indian tradition. She was a courageous woman who stood by her husband and supported all his radical initiatives. She was a major figure of her time. She was revolutionary in her own right. Savitribai Phule’s Writings: • Kavya…

In George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, he highlights the issue of language in relation to class structure. Borrowing ideas from the Greek myth Pygmalion, Shaw creates character Henry Higgins, a phonetician, who tries to transform the flower-selling, cockney Eliza Doolittle into a lady. While exploring the idea of creation between Higgins and Doolittle, Shaw chooses to focus on their social dimensionality. While Eliza is trained to speak and act like a lady, she does not gain the proper instincts in…

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres’s Napoleon on His Imperial Throne, 1860, and the mosaic Theodora and Her Attendants, ca. 547, both illustrate powerful individuals from the time periods. While both artworks are about powerful leaders they have a wide stretch of time between them. The mosaic of Theodora and Her Attendants is a part of the Byzantine art era. Byzantine art was art produced in the middle ages, and usually centered in Constantinople. The artwork from this time were very connected with…

The social issues in the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens include poverty affecting children, child abuse, and crimes committed by children. In Oliver Twist, poverty affecting children is present during the Victorian Era in London. For instance, the character Oliver Twist is being described as hungry and destitute, which means without the basic necessities of life. “The hungry and destitute situation of the infant orphan was duly reported by the workhouse authorities to the parish…