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    Social classes are obvious in the Victorian period in England. The way they have grown up were different and the environment were also dissimilar. Inside the book “ The Importance of Being Earnest” there were upper class, middle class and lower class. Those three classes have differences between living style, speaking tone and values toward marriage. Living style could include their leisure, entertainment and eating. Algernon is a higher class that lives in London. Whenever he wants to escape dinner

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    During the Elizabethan Era, social classes were a big thing. People were born into a class. The main classes were The Monarch, Nobility, Gentry, Merchant, Yeomanry, and Laborers. The higher class would rule the lower class and they would be The Monarch, Nobility and Gentry. Each had a different role, The Monarch was the ruler above all, he/she would rule the land and everyone on it. At the time, Elizabeth was the Monarch. Queen Elizabeth was known as the greatest ruler of England. She never married

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    In the English colonies there were six social classes. From the richest to the poorest, these were the gentry, the middle Class, poor whites, indentured servants, free africans and slaves. The people that made up these classes ranged from the most powerful to those with the least amount of rights, if any. The best class to be in was the gentry because they were the richest of the rich. The people that made up the gentry included plantation owners (the Tidewater), merchants/business owners

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    Many films, television shows, and books include concepts of Marxism. The Hunger Games illustrates Marxist theory by focusing on the struggles between the social classes. In this paper, I argue the battle of power and dominance between difference the opposing social classes. I will discuss the division and relationship between classes. I focused on providing examples from the trilogy where the government and upper class attempts to control and dominate the lower class. I emphasize the strict lifestyles

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    Social class comes from the idea of ‘social stratification’ – a term that refers to a system whereby a population in society is divided into ranks, or categories, based on “their relative power, property and prestige” (Henslin, Possamai and Possamai-Inesedy 2010). These categories help classify the 3 main different social classes; working/lower class, middle class, and upper class. Therefore, when we’re looking at ‘class inequality’ we’re looking at the disparities between them and what causes those

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    Social classes in America changed greatly in the 18th century because of the economic success that occurred at this time. “Expanding trade made possible the emergence of a powerful upper class” (Foner, 123), which also made possible the emergence of a weaker lower class. The upper classmen of the colonies, also known as the colonial elite, were the ones who planted staple crops or the ones who rule colonies. Although there were no set social rankings, it was clear that prominent men controlled the

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    The ancient Egyptian societies were the social class of egypt and most of the egyptian were to be found in the botton of the two classes [Commoners]. The top part of the pyramid in the social class of ancient Egyptian societies is actually only one person which is the high priest and or king and pharaoh. The pharaoh is the king of Egypt, owned all land, made all laws, and is considered to be a god. He was the head of the military and was the most important religious leader and in adition to that

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    Throughout history, there has always been a fracture between those of different social castes. Whereas these minute differences may at first seem inconsequential, they inevitably lead to a large division within the society. A prime example of this is the three-tiered system that was in place in pre-Napoleonic France. In this system, France was divided into those of the clergy, the nobility, and the peasantry, creating one of the most prominent class divisions in modern history. These divisions

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    The world of A Midsummer Night dream is constructed of three different social classes, these being, royalty, nobility and commoners. As well as social classes there are also two being types- humans and fairies. Bottom and puck are two characters of different class and Being -type, Bottom a commoner and Puck a fairy. Although it doesn't seem like it there are many similarities and differences between the two. There are also many instances where Shakespeare uses this to enhance the comic nature of

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    Social Classes in Early Colonies - By the late seventeenth century there were a few upper class mostly younger sons of the lesser gentry some businessmen in the middle class who move for religious and commercial reasons and mostly English laborers; in the Chesapeake these laborers were often indentured while in New England they often arranged their own passage. In both men>women (a little more lax in the early south and women>children; in the south: large plantation owners>small plantation owners>

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