The Victorian Society

identify oneself. It can also be an unbearable burden given by society, laced with a set of predetermined characteristics and stereotypes. Although different societies throughout the ages have given and assigned such burdens to members of both genders, women have arguably been hit the hardest by societal expectations based on gender. One of the most restrictive of such societies was the Victorian one of the 19th century. In Victorian society, women were seen as little more than beautiful…

“The Importance of Being Ernest” by Oscar Wilde reveals that living in the Victorian era is complicated due to the social norms from that time period. Furthermore, the upper and lower class represent the rupture in the Victorian era, lady Bracknell demonstrates the hypocrisy from the higher class towards the lower class and the use of the false identities represent the irony of Jack and Algernon’s way of thinking. Therefore, social convention brings challenging issues to most of the characters…

Algernon Moncreiff is a symbol of satire in many ways. He shows disrespect for Victorian society by always wanting to miss important business meetings and poking fun at the extreme properness. He lives a very open bachelor life style and talks bad of marriage. He is also very confident in his looks and his physical possessions. Oscar Wilde’s Importance of Being Earnest, is a satire poking fun at Victorian society and Algernon Moncrieff plays a big role in showing this. Algernon Moncreiff is one…

Victorian London was an appearances-conscious society, especially so for the female citizens. The city was a large and densely populated metropolitan center, where various social classes rubbed shoulders. The proximity among Londoners erased some of the spatial divisions inherent in the traditional country setting and heightened awareness of the differences among them. It provided a stage on which it became common for women to penetrate various social classes. This paper examines the ways in…

Victorian fashion comprises the numerous trends in British culture that developed in province throughout the Victorian era and the reign of Queen Victoria. As quoted from a Victoriana magazine, “The fashion conscious Victorian lady created this appearance with a mysterious combination of the ‘uncomfortable and inconvenient’ with the ‘frivolous and decorative.’”. Starting with undergarments to her dress, evening gowns to bonnets, and Victorian hats trimmed with feathers, flowers and ribbons;…

Eppie has the power to choose her own verdict. This is important because even though Godfrey is a male and has wealth and a high status, Eppie, a woman, chooses to defy his wishes. This shows the free will that women begin to express during the Victorian Era. The use of the word “determine” in this context means to decide (Eliot 141). When Eppie has the thought of “determin[ing]” what she wants to do, she gets to decide her own fate instead of being submissive to the will of men (Eliot 141). It…

The Victorian period formally begins in 1837 and ends in 1901. It was a period of social transformations, a situation that forced writers to take action in regard to the social issues of the Community Immediate. Although the forms of romantic expression continued to dominate English literature during the entire century, the attention of many writers went towards other issues; such as the development of English democracy, economic depression, food shortage, low wage, unemployment, the education…

Arthurian Legend “The Sword in the Stone” demonstrates how literature is modified over time, specifically during the Victorian Era (early-late 1800’s) and into the Modern Age (post 1901). Literary adjustments, including those of Arthur’s character and subtle changes in setting and placement of the sword masterfully demonstrate the fluidity of culture within a piece of literature . The Victorian Era, represented by work The Sword of Kingship, showed a clear dependence on the industrial revolution…

The Victorian Notion through Behavior, Identity, and Social Class Transition from childhood to adulthood entails a firm identity. During the childhood of forming their identities, children undergo the reality in which their dreams toward an achievement fade away, lose their belief in themselves, and may consequently conduct an antisocial behavior. As a result, the antisocial behaviors increasingly became to threaten a notion of the Victorian society, described in ethics as the strict code of…

where women fit in English society. Women were facing the dilemma of challenging the privileges of more legal and political rights and the idea of more economic and social opportunities. The period also saw an enormous expansion of women evolving into the domestic sphere. During the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837-1901, women in Great Britain were influenced by her traditional views on the role of wife and mother and various debates concerning a woman’s place in society, and her opposing views…