The Victorian Era
The Victorian era was when Queen Victoria ruled England from 1837 to 1901. This was a time when it culturally changed from rationalism from the prior era (Georgian period) toward “romanticism and mysticism with regard to religion, social values, and arts.” This was also a time of peace in international relationships and economic, colonial and industrial growth.
The two most important in politics were the prime ministers Gladstone and Disraeli. Gladstone was a liberal and Disraeli was a conservatist. With their different views “they changed the course of history”.
The population of England rose quickly in this era and so did Wales. Together they doubled in population and a lot of people also moved from the United Kingdom to the U.S, Canada and Australia.
Cranford
Cranford is a novel written by Elizabeth Gaskell and was published in Charles Dickens journal in 1851. The novel is about a small English village and how the everyday lives for the characters looks like. The novel is not about life threatening situations but more about the difficulties for the old ways to coexist with the new ways which is getting harder due to the industrialism. In the book there are two main characters, a young woman called Mary Smith and her older friend Matilda Jenkyns.
Hard Times
Hard Times was written by Charles Dickens and was publish 1854.
It suggests how the industrial revolution can turn humans in to machines and how dangerous it can be. This comes forth through from the characters Gradgrind and Bounderby, that teaches children in of the way of facts.
Gradgrind believes that human nature can be measured, quantified and controlled by rational rules. He tries to make the children into little machines that can be controlled by th...
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...eatest work, The Ring and The Book, was published in 1868 and made huge success.
Robert met Elizabeth Barrett in 1945. They began to correspond with each other and this developed to a romance between them, which later led to their marriage in 1846.
Elizabeth was born 1806 in Durnham. She is a very well know poet from the Victorian era and was famous in both England and the United States.
She wrote the poem, “On the Cruelty of Forcement to Man” at the age of eight. This is the first known poem she wrote.
At the age of 15 she became ill. The illness was not able to be diagnosed, but it was something she would have the rest of her life. The symptoms where intense head and spinal pain. She took opiates for the pain and where dependent on them the rest of her life.
How do I Love Thee, Sonnets from the Portuguese and Greif are some of the well known poems that she wrote.
reflects upon the theme of the novel. As it highlights the fact that if people in the society
The Victorian Era had lasted from the years 1837-1901. People in this era were known through their social class and how efficiently they were able to present themselves. Those who were obligated to carry themselves is such a proficient manner, were the women of Victorian Era. Although they had been expected to perform and execute many tasks, they were never recognized just as equal to the men in society. They were never acknowledged to make judgments or decisions, rather were best known for marriage, prostitution, and motherhood. As the men, dominated and took control of every decision possible. They were known for their aggressive and independent attitude. This led an extraordinary women named, Charlotte Brontë to begin a revolution of change and improvement in the social standings. As her living in the Victorian Era, set her upon a journey of many hardships but her well-known classics, Jane Eyre, depicted her strength and courage to step up for women equality and portray who she truly was in society.
...own life and the research of others’ are two of her prime techniques in writing her world-famous poetry.
There is no doubt in the fact that motherhood has changed throughout history in the way that it is practiced and perceived. Although hard to classify motherhood as an "easy" task in any time period, mothers of the Victorian period were among those who have had it the hardest. For example, Natalie McKnight, author of Suffering Mothers in Mid-Victorian Novels, states: "When I first began studying the lives of Victorian women, I sympathized with the many women who suffered through the agonies of labor only to die shortly after the baby was born. As I continued my research, I began to feel more sympathy with those who survived" (McKnight 1).
The 19th century was also known as the Victorian era, named after Queen Victoria. Queen Victoria was born on May 24th, 1819 at Kensington Palace, London (Victoria). She was the only daughter of her father, Edward (Victoria). She claimed the throne soon after she was born because of her father’s passing (Victoria). Victoria became Queen at age 18 (Victoria). The Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and her husband both helped her through her earlier years of ruling (Victoria). Queen Victoria had nine children, and almost all of her children married into royal families (Victoria). During her time of ruling, she contributed to Britain’s age of expansion, economic progression and its empire (Victoria). Besides the advancements and changes made by Queen Victoria, there were several others. In March o...
The Differences of Gladstone And Disraeli In Their Policies Regarding The British Empire and Foreign Policy
Recognized for experimenting with poetry, Emily Dickinson is said to be one of the greatest American poets. Her work was an amazing success even after being published four years after her death in 1890. Eleven editions of Dickinson’s work were published in less than two years. Emily Dickenson’s personal life, literary influences and romantic sufferings were the main inspirations for her poetry.
Emily Dickinson was one of America’s great poets. Emily Dickinson wrote almost 1,800 poems and many letters. Most of her poetry was not published until after she died. Only about 10 out of thousands of poems were published. In 1865, Dickinson isolated herself from the outside world. Only her family and friends knew about her writing. She was very shy. Dickinson got to write because their maid Maggie Maher did extra work around the house that Dickinson should have been doing (Borus, 14-23). She is known for her famous epoms “Because I Could Not Stop for Death”, “Much Madness”, “If I can stop” and, “I Heard A Fly Buzz” and many others famous poems”. Emily Dickinson wrote about death, nature, pain, truth, religion, and love using unique styles to convey her themes.
She was born May 24, 1819 at the Kensington Palace, London. She was the only daughter of Edward the Duke of Kent, Who died after her birth. When growing up it said she had a gift to drawing and painting. Victoria was educated by a governess when at home. She had a Dairy she had kept throughout her life. When her uncle William IV died in 1837, in which a year later she became the Queen on June 28, 1838. In 1836 she had met Prince Albert and in 1840 she had married him on February, 10 1840. They ...
On December 10, 1830, in a town called Amherst, Massachusetts, Emily Dickinson was born (poets.org). Family and friends would come to know her as a loving individual, but to the rest of the world she would become one of the best known poets from the 19th century. Writing over 1,800 poems in all; however, few have been published. Many of her poems are used today to connect with everyday life. Taking a look at her family life will help you understand how she was able to write so many poems and also some of the major influences in life (“Emily Dickinson”).
The Victorian era established strict guidelines and definitions for the ladies and gentleman. Noble birth typically defined one as a "lady" or a "gentleman," but for women in this time period, socioeconomic rank and titles held no prestige or special privileges in a male-dominated society. Commonly, women in this era generally tried to gain more influence and respect but to no avail as their male counterparts controlled the ideals and practices of society. Women were subject to these ideals and practices without any legal or social rights or privileges. In the literary titles by Frances Power Cobbe, Sarah Stickney Ellis, Charlotte Bronte, Anne Bronte, John Henry Cardinal Newman, Sir Henry Newbolt, and Caroline Norton, the positions, opinions, and lifestyles of men and women during the Victorian era were clearly defined. Men in the Victorian era were raised to be intellectually and physically sound in order to be skillful in the workplace and the military while women were typically restricted to fulfilling roles within the home. As the female desire for equal rights and representation under the law mounted, an international vigor for female equality would produce a call for equality.
Early in her power Victoria developed a serious concern with goings on of state, guided by her first prime minister, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne. Melbourne was leader of that wing of the Whig Party that later became known as the Liberal Party. He exercised a immovably progressive command on the political thinking of the sovereign.
Emily Dickinson was an American poet, born in Massachusetts on December 10, 1830. Emily later fell in love with a married preacher. He then, moved away with his family. It has been said that after that happened Emily became a recluse. Emily’s poems are unique because she uses unusual punctuation, for example she used dashes in place of commas. Although, her poems were very good she made her family promise her that they would burn them after she died. Emily died on May 15, 1886, her family then decided they would publish all of her poems. She wrote almost 1800 poems in total. Her poems often had themes of death and some of her poems were about love too.
The Victorian era was the time period after the Romantic era, it went from poems, plays
blossoming under Queen Elizabeth’s rule. It was the golden age of poems, songs, dances, and