Victorian era

The Victorian Era was a turning point in the areas of scientific discovery, and the doubting of religion. There was a strong belief that certain areas of everyday life would stay the same, such as the roles each gender played, and class stratification. These examples are very evident in The Time Machine published in 1895, and well as in The Door Into Summer, published in 1957. Although there was roughly a century between these novels, Victorian culture is still subtly displayed in both these novels

designers work; Vivienne Westwood is an important example of this. She used history as a starting point for some of her most popular and influential designs. The 19th century pioneers, the Victorian age was the visionary of design; it was the onset of the modern world. The start of a ambitious and forward thinking era which was new and exciting, a new queen, Queen Victoria 1827-1901, changed and inspired the country. It was the fashion, industrial, societal revolution and a time of consumerism and materialism

In Victorian England, Lord Alfred Tennyson was one of the most prominent figures in literature. His writings highlighted the society he lived in and at the same time revealed his inner thoughts and views. During this period, Tennyson wrote the poem In Memoriam A. H. H. after his friend Arthur Hallam unexpectedly died. Tennyson structured the poem in iambic tetrameter, and it contained over 100 sections that each tells a separate facet of Tennyson’s feelings during this time. Even though he wrote

Victorian architectural styles are used in modern residential construction of today. The alluring attraction of the Victorian house has made the Victorian era a traditional symbol of elegance and class. Architects like Philip Webb embraced the essence of the Victorian architectural style. Known as the father of the Arts & Crafts Movement, along with his friend and designer William Morris. Philip Webb is most famous for his comfortable, unpretentious country homes, and urban terraced houses. Philip

person looks at, there will always be a specific code in which these genders have to conform to. As expected in the Victorian Era’s strict codes of conduct, much emphasis was put on gender roles. In the Importance of Being Earnest, Wilde effectively uses gender role reversal to reveal the faults in the Victorian Era. A first point of order that should be mentioned is that in the Victorian Era, social status meant everything. Aristocrats are expected to be earnest, to show sincere and intense conviction

Importance of Being Earnest, is a satirical play for earnest people. Wilde uses witty and humor through analogies or metaphors to address matters such as marriage and class structure. Wild’s play is much of a satirical attack toward the higher class in a Victorian society. The Importance of Being Earnest, acts as a storyline of living a double life. Jack and Algernon claim to be an ideal figure, Ernest, whom which attracts women. Both characters, living the double life, tend to get in a situation which leads

Theatre Studies: Cat One Draft The Importance of Being Earnest is set in late Victorian England, a time of social reform. Society was rediscovering art in its many forms yet as a consequence, The Upper class continued their program of suppressed inferiority. The lower classes were treated with disdain and disgust and the animosity between the groups was easily visible. Essentially, the late Victorian era was the beginning of a mini cultural renaissance, yet Upper Class society, which forms the basis

In Oscar Wilde’s play, The Importance of Being Earnest, many aspects of Victorian society and modern life are satirized. Marriage is a central aspect of American life- a dream for some and a nightmare for others. Marriage also plays a principal role in The Importance of Being Earnest- the dream for the young couples, Algernon and Cecily as well as Jack and Gwendolen, but their dream is the plague of Aunt Augusta, also known as Lady Bracknell. Oscar Wilde uses witty dialogue to ridicule traditional

popular belief, the women of the Victorian age had to surrender their valuable possessions simply to avoid the wrath of the male dominated society. The female characters in A Dollhouse, by Henrik Ibsen, project that a woman was merely a self-sacrificing entity of society. Nora, the main character, obsessively tries to please her father and her husband. In an attempt to be the perfect daughter and a perfect wife, she conforms to the established

believed that people in the Victorian Era took life too seriously. He wrote this play with various forms of satire to ridicule the strict lifestyle the upper-class were boxed into. The upper class had pretentious values and behaviors that characterized Victorian life. During the Victorian Era, people were living under Queen Victoria’s monarch. During her reign, “Queen Victoria, conveyed connotations of "prudish, "repressed," and "old fashioned" (Roth). Wilde used the Victorian ideals to ridicule the