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    ‘Victoria was the longest reigning British monarch and the figurehead of a vast empire. She oversaw huge changes in British society and gave her name to an age.’ When Queen Victoria assumed the British throne in 1837 at the tender age of 18, she became an associated symbol with the rapid changes that the nation of Great Britain endured to be a powerful, industrial nation that ‘boasted an empire that stretched across the globe’ . She endured many challenges during her reign, however, proved that

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    Queen Victoria came into the country under a more limited power than her female predecessors did “The powers of the monarchy had been further weakened by the reform bill of 1832,” as a result the Victoria had to make use of other methods to be an influential monarch as she was no longer able to use the executive to enhance the power of the monarchy. Instead she used many indirect methods to influence policy such as her title and personality to influence the political atmosphere at the time. For

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    Twinkle Khanna student of BA (Hons) English,Semester 3rd doing my summer project on the topic “MATTHEW ARNOLD AS A VICTORIAN POET”.The era of Queen Victoria’s reign(1837-1901).The period is sometimes dated from 1832 (the paasage of the first Reform Bill). It was a period of intense and prolific activity in literature,especially by novelists and poets,philosophers and essayists.Much of the writing was concerned with contemporary social problems for instance the effect of the industrial revolution

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    Becoming Queen Victoria

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    than Queen Alexandrina Victoria. The book Becoming Queen Victoria: the Tragic Death of Princess Charlotte and the Rise of Britain's Greatest Monarch tells the story of Charlotte and how her death leaded to the rule of Queen Victoria. Kate Williams shares the twists and turns through the history of Great Britain’s different rulers. Kate has written a few other novels covering eighteenth century Britain, she has gone through courses at Oxford(undergraduate and D.Phil in history) and Queen Mary,

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    Queen Victoria was the longest reigning ruler of England for 60 years until Queen Elizabeth the 3rd. Victoria was one of the most notable Queens/rulers of England. Queen Victoria was of the most famous rulers of Great Britain/England because of her leadership and the way she handled the Industrial Revolution. Victoria as a child was an obedient one, like every other child of the royal family. In the Oxford Dictionary Of National Biography, it says that “, Victoria was never alone. From her birth

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    Queen Victoria was the queen of England for 63 years. Holding the 2ed longest monarchy of England. During her rule she had accomplished many things and throughout her legacy she will not be forgotten. Queen Victoria was a very powerful and looked up to queen in her time. Some of her accomplishments were that she had become an empress of India (1877), got a demand jubilee (1887), and the great exhibition (1851). Queen Victoria along with her husband Prince Albert had created “the great exhibition

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    Queen Victoria Era

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    The start date of the era is officially 1837, the year when Queen Victoria, after whom this era is named, became queen. Historians describe the era as ‘prudish, hypocritical, stuffy and narrow-minded’. The society valued behaving appropriately to the conventions and values of their time. For instance, the ideal image of the ‘Englishmen’ was idolized, which was meant to help ‘civilizing’ or ‘modernising’ native population in the middle-east and Asian countries Britain had conquered and were building

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    and German Princess Victoire of Leiningen or better known as Queen Victoria rule from 1837 to 1901. She was one of the longest ruling monarch in Britain’s history” (Queen Victoria). Queen Victoria was criticized and satirized by Lewis Caroll as the tyrannical and despotic queen of Wonderland, The Queen of Heart in Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland. She is first seen when Alice arrives in the Queen of Heart’s garden. The dictatorial queen oft holds power over the residents and in return the residents

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    In the text, “Letter to Queen Victoria”, written by Lin Zexu in 1839, he implores the Queen of Great Britain, Queen Victoria, to stop her subjects from selling opium to the Chinese public. Zexu does so by exemplifying the past relationship of China and Britain, by moral persuasion, and by warnings and threats. However, Lin Zexu’s assumption of calling British subjects as Barbarian and compliant to Chinese rule ineffectively persuades. First, Lin Zexu exemplify the past good relationship of China

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    book, Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard, Mare’s world is run by people of silver blood with the people of red blood bowing down to their every word. Mare is forced into royalty and must act silver, although she is red in the blood. The author included specific details in the story that helps build character and helps the readers understand the story. Two details that help readers understand the story are similes and the point of view. The first technique in Red Queen was similes. Victoria Aveyard writes

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