David Copperfield Analysis

Dickens uses the needs and wants for people to get an image in their head about what life was really like before the French revolution. "Cold, dirt,

The gruesome image of Foulon’s mouth being stuffed with grass to the point of agony, and the repeated display of an aristocrat’s head, accurately depicted the violent nature of the revolution. These people had been tormented for years and Dickens displayed this through the violent murders they committed against their oppressors.

The Industrial Revolution generated the perception that applying solely logic to everyday activities could maximize productivity and efficiency. Charles Dickens explores the dangers of neglecting emotions and imagination in his novel Hard Times. Dickens separates Hard Times into three books: Sowing, Reaping and Garnering in order to reveal the negative consequences of industrialization and forsaking imagination for facts through the events, settings, and characters in the novel.

If she was a good mate, she had fulfilled her God-given duty.” (Puritans Women’s Rights) While women were allowed to marry for love they were treated quite harshly in the Puritan commonwealth, the Puritans viewed women as instruments of the devil and were often to blame when a marriage did not work out. As for the children they were also treated quite harshly maybe even more harshly than the women. According to Puritan Women’s Rights children were seen as the property of their parents and if they disobeyed, any magistrate could punish the child with a maximum of 10 lashes for each offense.

Throughout history, a divide has always existed between the rich and poor in society. However, during the Industrial Revolution in Victorian England, this rift reached its peak. The working class labored for long hours and received miniscule wages, whereas the bourgeoisie grew abundantly wealthy through the labor of the working class. Published in 1848 and 1854 respectively, Karl Marx’s The Communist Manifesto and Charles Dickens’ Hard Times both comment on these troubles. While Hard Times is a novel which tells a story and The Communist Manifesto is a short publication which tries to bring about social change, both writings offer a sharp critique of the class antagonism brought about by capitalism at the height of the Industrial

Summary, context of the era depicted, description of major social, economic, or cultural forces in the era and how the film addressed nature of the era:

Life of the higher class and the lower class greatly contrasts in England during the Victorian era (the 1800s). Charles Dickens, a famous writer living in that time, wrote about the theme of social injustices in his profound writings. In his infamous short story called A Christmas Carol, Dickens illustrated the meaning of a true Christmas spirit. Two of the minor but most important characters are ignorance and want. In relation to the story, ignorance and want symbolize the causes of many social conflicts and the effects that lead to abundant poverty and needs in the world.

The 19th century, the time A Doll’s House was set in, was the turning point in the world where the idea of “male supremacy” slowly started to become a thing of the past. Women were on their way to being considered, “equal but different.” Although women were socially considered equal to their counterparts, there were still some things that men ruled hierarchy over women such as voting rights, and the ability to perform hard labored jobs, and were rarely granted the custody of their children in the case of divorce. Women were still considered caretakers, teachers, and organizers; primarily looking after the children, being maids, and organizing church groups and citizen groups as well. Men in the 19th century were the “laborers,” whom provided for their family; monetarily, put food on the table and a roof over their heads. Even though women began to earn their rights and were considered equal, men were still considered

Men were expected to do top jobs in the family while wives stayed at the home front to take care of their children and husbands. This can be seen where Burnham and Holmes were a professional architecture and doctor respectively. Other men who had careers in the book included architects like Hunt, George Post, Louis Sullivan, etc. Women, on the other hand, are mostly portrayed as homemakers’ examples being most of Holme’s wives, Clara, Mryna, etc. Even Burnham wife Margaret is left behind at their home where she takes care of their five children.

In “Class and Community the Industrial Revolution in Lynn”, Alan Dawley discusses the changes the town goes through and how the Industrial Revolution changed the life of the town from pre-industry to factory systems. During the novel, the community becomes very materialized and Dawley explains how this creates tension between the elites and working class. Dawley pointed out that because of the corrupt factories and workers, there were hardships and extremes that the community had to overcome to achieve better working conditions.

From many aspects, women were treated unjustified. In the novella, Curley’s wife as the only woman in the ranch, she was very lonely on the ranch. Also, she had no name because of her low status. In her life, she would like to depend less on her husband. She had her own dream of becoming a famous actress, but she was lived in a male dominate society and had to face the fact that she would never have all of the freedom she was hoping for. Her life was the exact opposite of her dream as the situation forced her to do so. Curley’s wife perfectly represented the women in America in the early 20th century in general. In the early 20th century, women were doing job like agriculture, domestic service, manufacturing, clerical and office work, and professional work. In the same time, women still earned much less than men, which was about 60% of men’s average wages. Women did not handle the job that was lighter than men, but they received the different amount of wage. Both the issue of Curley’s wife and job inequality proved that the sexism was a significant problem in the early 20th

In this essay, I will argue that one of the underlying motives in Charles Dickens' novel A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is the reinforcement of Christian values in 18th century Victorian England. Dickens was very concerned with the accepted social norms of industrialized England, many of which he felt were very inhumane. Christian values were challenged, largely due to the recent publication of Darwin's Origins of a Species, and philosophy along with literature was greatly affected. In 1859, the industrial age was booming, making many entrepreneurs rich. However, the majority of the lower economic class remained impoverished, working in unsafe and horrific environments as underpaid

Throughout the course of the semester, we have studied various texts, and applied various themes in order to further interpret said texts. As a class, we have studied, and discussed, what makes working class prevalent in a theme, how it is, and was, used in regards to studying the Victorian Era. While the concept of working class issues may not be as prevalent in the Goblin Market as they are in other works, they are still nonetheless, prevalent. One main theme that plays into the issue of working class in the piece is the theme of temptation in the Victorian Era, in which the Goblin Market is based. The Goblin Market piece illustrates many routes women in the Victorian Era had to take just in order to survive in the time period, illustrating class divisions, as well as how class identities clashed together in the piece alone, and more.

In the book, Dickens portrays the people as having the hatred necessary for mob violence. Immediately, the book shows us an example how such hatred was created. When a youth’s hands were chopped off, “tongue torn out with pincers” and “his body burned alive” it shows the violence and torture that led to the French revolution. The youth represents the weak in French society

Despite being under the rule of a female monarch, women faced many inequalities and suffering during the Victorian age. Examples of these inequalities include not having the right to vote, unequal educational and employment opportunities. Women were even denied the legal right to divorce in most cases. As the Norton Anthology states, these debates over women’s rights and their roles came to be known as the “woman question” by the Victorians. This lead to many conflicting struggles, such as the desire by all for women to be educated, yet they are denied the same opportunities afforded to men. While these women faced these difficulties, there was also the notion that women should be domestic and feminine. There was an ideal that women should be submissive and pure because they are naturally different. The industrial revolution introduced women into the labor workforce, but there was still a conflict between the two identities; one of an employed woman, and one of a domestic housewife.