Philosophers of the Victorian Era

The world today consists of children roaming the streets, technology taking over the world, and being able to work wherever you'd like but, could you imagine a life without all these things? Believe it or not there was a time in life where these things were very uncommon to see. This would be known as the victorian era. This time period was between 1837 and 1901. Daily life was very different from now. Health, social classes, and fashion are just three examples of how daily life was different in the victorian era.

The public spheres of British Victorian society was a markedly masculine jurisdiction, obviously lacking in a feminine presence. Traditionally the public spheres of the society were considered a man’s domain and women were sequestered into the home, women of the public were thus considered of ill repute. The modern stay at home woman was considered an extension of her husband’s wealth, and her being in the home that of how well off the man had become. The rise of the department stores lead to an increase of women into what was considered a masculine space and as transportation means became more readily available to them the roles of women within the public sphere also changed. These marked changes and shifts in gender role can be seen with the admit protest against their presence London’s West End, and the portrayal od exulted “angels” gracing the shops with their presence creating a “chaste” space. These and many other examples in Erika Diane Rappaport’s Shopping for Pleasure: Women in the Making of London’s West End illustrate how women entering the public sphere altered their gender roles with Victorian English Society.

Kenned for the promotion of rigorous morality, the period between 1837 and 1901 in England is synonymous with human restraint. The Victorian era, named after Queen Victoria’s ascension to the throne, began with the elite in control of society and its politics. Concerned with maintaining power over their society, these hundreds of families fixated on the convivial disseverment between the upper and lower classes; associating enlightenment with the upper class became a leading thought abaft this disseverment, which regarded the lower class as brutal in nature. This thrust the Victorian era into a period of human hypocrisy and emotional elimination: a cultural conception that drain into the fields of science and religion. Robert Stevenson mimic

During the Victorian Era, England was a Christian country. The only big non-Christian faith was Judaism. During the Victorian era everyone read the Bible and went to church on Sunday. The Bible was taken as the literal truth and was the foundation of virtuous behavior which became known as Victorianism. During the victorian era, text books and games were based on religion and virtues. It was believed that by the help of religion Would come the end all to crime and poverty, these were the Victorian values. The Victorian society was strongly and universally religious and the Victorians embraced the models brought on by Christianity. Although achievement in science and technology became the order of the day, do to that religion started a downhill

In 1837, the start of the Victorian era, Britain began experiencing massive changes in the culture of the nation and in the industrial sector. Cultural works began to move away from rationalism, and became more romanticized and more influenced by mysticism. Privacy became a hallmark of British life as well; the outer walls of citizens’ homes were transformed into a façade by which innumerable mysteries resided behind. This romanticized idea of mystery that seemed to lurk behind the doors of the common, everyday man became a prevalent theme in the works of many writers and artists throughout the time period. Robert Louis Stevenson uses this theme of not knowing the true nature of an individual, as well as the idea of duality, to develop his theme that an evil side lies within every man and that balancing both sides is vital to preservation of ones sanity.

Throughout the Victorian Era, there was an aura of confusion and contradiction. The metaphorical envelope was being pushed in the areas of science and literature, but respectability and morality

Reading the headlines of today’s newspapers, one will nearly always come across an article focusing on a fight for equal rights between genders or races, the race and revolutions of countries in becoming a democracy and the uprising of societies against constricting governments. However during the Victorian Era, a structured hierarchical environment was not only accepted but was considered to be of the upmost importance in society’s continuous survival. Victorian Literature allows readers to gain a critical insight into the class and social hierarchy of the era, by outlining the extensive amount of guidelines and restrictions applicable to each class and therefore how these affected their attitudes and general existence. The poems ‘Rules

In the nineteenth century, the harsh consequences for committing crimes depended on various factors, including social status, appearance, behavior and gender. The law was biased towards those who were both superior in appearance and thoroughly educated. Women were seen as respectable but naïve rather than murderers. Through his distinction of characters, Dickens shows his interest of profiling in his novel Great Expectations.

England’s Victorian Era lasted sixty-four years. It occurred during Queen Victoria’s reign from 1837 (the year she rose to the throne) to 1901 (the year of her death).In the course of this time period, many important events took place such as The Irish Potato Famine, The Crimean War, and The Great Rebellion. The Irish Potato Famine was a time of disease, emigration, and mass starvation that lasted from 1845 to 1852 due to a terrible rot that attacked the potato crop, which the people had become massively dependent on. The following year, The Crimean War (one of the first “modern” wars) broke out in 1853 and ended in 1856 although Britain did not join until 1854. Originally the war was fought by Turkey and Russia due to Russia’s expansion into the Danube region which was controlled by Turkey, but eventually Britain joined in because it feared that Russia would continue its expansion down to British India.

How long did the Victorian Era last? Queen Victoria of England ruled the throne for over 64 years, however her impact made the Victorian era last for a 150 year. The Victorian era was most known for its censorship and proper allegations. For example, men were supposed to be hard workers and protectors of the house and family. Subsequently, women were suited to a role that limited their abilities as a citizen as compared to today, which included household chores and such. Lastly, children were to be quite and did not spend much time with their mothers and fathers. Due to society’s own harsh expectations of themselves, it impacted other aspects of their lives. This impacted literature and is a major time when authors had to use more profound and deeper meaning to events in stories to get inappropriate points across that would otherwise be censored. With this, the ideas in literature reflect ideas that are found during the Victorian era because of its characters’ reactions and events that were censored. The novel Dracula, by Bram Stoker, uses the Victorian era’s ideology to influence the story and its characters to convey the Victorian’s beliefs in their society.

While standards for “proper” behavior hold steadfast throughout nineteenth century’s England, Christian beliefs and moral standards that hold concrete in the beginning of the Victorian Era, begin to crack towards the middle, as a result of major scientific publications and theories that contradict much of the Christian faith. Men and women of the upper and higher middle classes receive books to guide them on “proper” etiquette in public, and if any individual digresses from these rules, their name arises in gossip everywhere, until another’s mistake becomes more interesting. Despite this farcical behavior, many men and women with an education, ironically also belonging to the upper and higher

In these times there was a lack of education, especially to the female population as it wasn 't deemed nessisary. Skills were passed down through generations as opposed to being learnt in schools. This often lead to protests declaring that children were being used for slavery and being stripped fo their adolescence and things that are vital for growth and understanding. With the pressures for social reforms the victorian upperclass then became obsessed with idea of

Throughout the late 1800s and early 1900s, romanticism begins to fade, while the Victorian world begins to come into play. During this time, democracy and capitalism came together as one. Also, many poets described justice in two different aspects: spiritual and freedom. Carlyle believes capitalism should be replaced with a powerful individual whom is appointed (Ten Commandments) by God. However, Mill believes that a perfect society should be based upon individual freedom. Later in the Victorian period, the women of this period started to voice their opinions throughout Great Britain. These women started the Women’s Rights movement, and started joining the gentlemen by writing poetry through the two aspects of spiritual and freedom. So throughout

Victoria was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 to 1901. She was the only daughter of Edward, the Duke of Kent. Her father died shortly after she was born and she became heir to the throne. The Victorian Age was characterised by rapid change and developments in almost everything. From advances in medical, scientific and technological knowledge, to changes in population growth and location. Today, we associate the 19th century with the work ethic, family values, religious observation and institutional faith. In 1840, Queen Victoria married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. At first, the British public did not particularly like the German prince, and he was excluded from holding any official political position. At times, their marriage was hectic because they both had

great prosperity in Great Britain's literature. The Victorian Age produced a variety of changes. Political and social reform produced a variety of reading among all classes. The lower-class became more self-conscious, the middle class more powerful and the rich became more vulnerable. The novels of Charles Dickens, the poems of Alfred,