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Conan-Doyle explode Victorian attitudes to, and anxieties about, class in his novel. |
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Topic Sentence 1 |
The novel illustrates class prejudice in Victorian England. |
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The novel also explores the Victorian anxieties about the permeability of class. |
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Topic Sentence 3 |
Watsons relationship with Mary Morstan illustrated class barriers in society at the time, but also how money can facilitate class mobility. |
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TS1 - "People of that sort" (H about Mrs Smith) |
L = Determiner "that" is derogatory, emphasizing class difference and prejudice; lack of respect. R = Modern readers would be shocked by holmes's perception that the lower classes are almost a different species. |
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TS1 - "flush of money... the worse for liquor" (about Mordecai Smith) "Slatternly... rough looking" |
L = Phrases reflect stereotypes of WC as irresponsible with money when they have it. C = Concern about WC him addiction in Victorian era
L = Adjective represents WC ASDA tea, with poor standards of hygiene. Reference to public houses in WC areas implies WC like to get drunk. |
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TS2 - "I seldom come into contact with the rough crowd" (Thaddeus Sholto) "I cannot have the house invaded in this way" (H about Baker Street Irregulars) |
L = Adjective "rough" shows Thaddeus' feelings of revulsion towards lower classes and his desire to protect himself from the harsher aspects of Victorian society. C = Reflects urban expansion in industrialised Victorian England in which different classes lived in close proximity and anxieties about this, as well as fears about lower-class criminality. |
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TS2 - "they can go everywhere, see everything, over here everyone" (H) |
L/C = tricolon emphasizes invisibility of children of the underclass in Victorian England and lack of social care for them; the Baker Street Irregulars have to fend for themselves. |
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TS2 - "you have the proper workhouse cough" (A-J to Holmes) |
C = H. disguises himself as WC sailor, falling around W and A-J. Victorian fears concerning permeability of class. Ref. to workhouse reflects harsh Victorian poor laws offered relief only in dreaded workhouses. |
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TS3 - "My heart turned as heavy as lead" (Watson) "An impassible barrier" (Watson) |
L = Simile. Watsons dread - If Mary becomes a rich heiress he fears she will not wish to marry beneath her class she might think he wants to marry for her money. L = Metaphor, wealth elevating her class and creating class barriers between them. C = Illustrates class mobility in Victorian England - wealth can elevate Mary from LMC governess to UC "richest heiress" in land. They can only marry when the treasure chest is empty, as Mary isn't a superior class. |
