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Research for ‘A Christmas Carol’ (Life during the Victorian era (London…
Research for ‘A Christmas Carol’
Dickens: his life, family, why he wrote ACC
Social conscience
Working life
dad was a clerk at a navy pay office
why he wrote it
to prove a point and combat child labor
to strike "the hardest blow in his power"
early life
born in Portsmouth
Lived in Kent till he was nine years old
Moved to London when he was nine
his dad was in a lot of debt
Christmas: birth of cards, trees etc.
The supernatural
Christmas Eve was traditionally the time to tell scary stories round the hearth.
Ghosts and other supernatural ideas were widely believed
before the victorians, christmas was hardly celebrated
In 1843 Henry Cole commissioned an artist to design a card for Christmas
Queen Victoria
She ruled for 64 years
burial on 4 February 1901
born on 24 May 1819
died on 22 January 1901
daughter of Prince Edward
Life during the Victorian era
Social conscience
lots of etiquette rules
class was prominent
Crime
major crime was uncommon, while things like pickpocketing and food stealing was almost expected
London
london was highly polluted
london was tremendously overpopulated
Disease was easily spread
Gender roles
Workhouse/poor law
A workhouse provided:
a place to live
a place to work and earn money
free medical care,
food
clothes
free education for children and training for a job.
Childhood including schools
children had to be polite to their teachers
children had "drills" that they had to follow
The cane was a popular punishment in schools
Industrial Revolutions