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despair associated with poverty, class distinctions, and opportunities for individuals to ever rise above their "place." The Dif...
such as slavery, racism, imperialism and World War I (Lavender, 2000). Modernists, in contrast to the Victorians, focused on human...
of nature. Yet, inscrutable and mysterious, it is neither wholly good nor evil, but simply part of a greater cycle of life and dea...
police and the criminal justice system as well as voluntary workers and professional helpers (van Dijk, 2002). Prior to 1970, v...
The angel required Woolf to participate in her writing only within boundaries, and without stepping passed cultural limitations. ...
In eight pages this paper discusses how Victorian theater was impacted by new technology in terms of staging and social culture. ...
point out that the number eight when laid on its side is the sign for infinity and that there is much to suggest that Molly is the...
was a time of free trade. This was a theory of self regulation; this can be seen as an optimistic idea. The invisible hand was t...
an almost detached amusement. He describes them rushing about, in a hurry to get to work and to work as hard as they can. However,...
original composition, rather than critiquing others, their time would be much better employed. Wordsworth said that "A false or ma...
accountable. In one of his most memorable works, Great Expectations (1860-1861), Dickens tackled the social hypocrisy that was ru...
and symbolism. As Arnold embraces God along with the seas that the maker has created, he questions things. The church is often the...
that no manipulation of light and pose could have con- veyed the delicate shade of truthfulness upon those features. She seemed re...
Ruskin argued vehemently against the issue of slavery. Basically, he reasoned that men and women are no different from one anothe...
is described by Ovid as having unending youth, eternal boyhood: however, one of the points which Wilde is making is that Dorian is...
evolving its consumer values, wrote the poem as a demonstration of how society was responsible for illustrating female desires as ...
woman likes her surroundings and it is clear that she likes them orderly. A young woman who was not immersed somehow in the idea o...
and many of the traditional roles played by men and women in society and is famous for one of his quotes "Men at most differ as He...
she stands at the coast, watching the stormy sea, hoping that her lover would return" (The French Lieutenants Woman (1981)). Fr...
noted for acerbity or harshness in his work; even though he was in many respects critical of the way in which contemporary society...
it threatened who she was as a member of the white race and the upper classes. Therefore, it can be seen that Ednas desire to pa...
the house that they are staying in, her husband corrects her, saying that what she felt was a draught and he shut the window (Gilm...
in the Gilded Age. In the presentation we will argue that the predominance of the Victorian Culture helped to shape racial relatio...
more of a servant to her husband than a partner. Policies, both domestic and economic, were set by the husband, and the wife acte...
her intellectualism, Bertha is a victim of her own sexual desires. Bronte tried to provide a useful guide to women of her time in ...
a child will enjoy it to some extent, but it is safe to say that this poem was not intended for the young, though it may very well...
therefore, is a nonentity in all ways that do not pertain to business (Adrian, 1984). Dickens uses the interior of his home to con...
emphasized. Harker is clearly in foreign territory. This point is even emphasized by the Count who tells Harker, "We are in Trans...
jump into a review of these novels it is necessary to first examine the predominant state of mind of Victorian Europe. During the...
elements of civilisation to the native Britons, and in the latter part of the nineteenth century, the Pax Britannica was frequentl...