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    workplace equality. Although women became equal to men in the eyes of the law, socially they still struggle for equality to this day. Still in this day and age women face some of the same discriminatory practices that were common place in the nineteenth century. Kate Chopin demonstrates the profound societal weight put on a wife when her faint hearted character’s husband is thought dead. Mrs. Mallard first feels grief for the loss of her husband’s life, then she feels the sweetness of freedom that is now

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    York City in late nineteenth century. Due to the rapid development of industry, the wealth gap got wider and wider. Money functions extremely important in people’s social lives. People from upper class can purchase anything they want: luxury goods, artworks, even women. As the main part of consumption, women’s consumption reflects the gender relation in American society during this time period. The protagonist Lily Bart is a representative of females in 19th century. She was born in a rich family

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    of fashion? Brief Introduction of Charles Frederick Worth Charles Frederick Worth, one of the most influential fashion gurus in the 19th century, born on 13 October 1825 and died on 10 March 1895, experienced the most fast developing fashion industry evolution in Europe, before the era of tremendous prosperous fashion industry boom in the second half of 19th century in Europe, especially in Paris, France (Joseph, 2014). Worth created the promotion method to exhibition new clothes by choosing pretty

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    underneath. The late 19th century would be called the Gilded Age (Houston). From this Gilded Age, a powerful businessman emerged. John D. Rockefeller ruled the oil industry as king. Using his incredible knowledge of business, he rose up through the age to become one of the most influential businessmen in history. Amidst the 1880s and 1890s, the nation was changing. Technology, entertainment and the population all saw intense differences. We owe much to the technologies of the late 19th century. This age included

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    that we have to go back almost a thousand years. Around 1100, Europe at last began to catch its breath after centuries of chaos, and once they had the luxury of curiosity they rediscovered what we call "the classics." The effect was rather as if we were visited by beings from another solar system. These earlier civilizations were so much more sophisticated that for the next several centuries the main work of European scholars, in almost every field, was to assimilate what they knew. During this period

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    The Gilded Age at the end of the 29th century was a time of booming industrialization, urbanization, and economic growth for the United States but it was also a time of violence and strife for lower classes— as industries expanded and the economy grew, working conditions worsened and only a small percent of Americans reaped the benefits of the industries’ success while the working majority saw little to none of the profit. This unequal distribution of wealth caused the working class to suffer; although

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    Claire Conti AP Literature Mrs. Scruggs 29 August 2017 A Room With A View Lucy is a young woman born and raised in 19th century England, when the country was in its prime. England was the world power, causing it to be extremely wealthy and a safe place to live. Lucy and her aunt go on vacation to Italy, and her eyes are opened to a whole other world. During the time, Italy was a scummy city where the poor lived, but she is able to discover herself while vacationing there. Within Italy, she finds

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    iconic novel “A Christmas Carol”, he aims to portray scrooge as a 19th century miser. He does this by using a variety of techniques to portray that powerful image, as well as comparing to other characters, using his settings and surroundings and also linking the everyday scenarios of 19th century life. Dickens uses strong and emotive language, including similes, metaphors, adjectives and verbs to portray an image of a 19th century miser. “Solitary as an oyster”. This shows that scrooge is someone

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    shall die. I must die. I cannot be so unhappy, and live” (Chopin 424). Glaspell’s and Chopin’s works can get the reader see through each character’s role. Racism, women oppression, gender roles are just some of the few things that is common in 19th century. In this analysis, deconstructing each character where one can see how men and women are during that era, and how, at the end of the day, women win, and that racism can be ironic. In Glaspell’s “Trifles”, readers can see to obvious – oppression

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    Both Baz Luhrmann in the 2001 romantic musical “Moulin Rouge” and Angela Carter in the 1984 novel “Nights at the Circus” use postmodern elements to explore the importance of storytelling. These two texts, both fin de siècle, set in 1899 to the dawning age of the 1900s, feature tales of extravagant performers, Satine and Fevvers, and their writer lovers, Christian and Walser, on their journeys of self-discovery and revolution. Both texts feature main female characters with theatrical professions,

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