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Historical background and novels in the Victorian age - Coggle Diagram
Historical background and novels in the Victorian age
Emily Bronte's novel: Wuthering Heights
In the novel the landscape where is set the story cannot be cultivated and is infertile
This choice can be related to the shift from an agricultural to an industrial economy after the repeal of the corn laws in 1846
Charles Dickens' social criticism of the industrial society
In his novels he denounced the social evils of his time
HARD TIMES
In the novel we find two aspect of the urban's victorian society after the industrial revolution
We can see the increase of urban poverty in the character of Tom that grows into becoming a dishonest and thief.
The social injustice coincide with the impeachment towards Stephen,an innocent hard-working
Dickens criticized two themes of the Victorian England
The utilitarianism
The hardships of the working class and the contrast between the conditions of rich and poor
OLIVER TWIST
The poverty was seen as a sin. It is highlighted agsin the split between the aristocratic class and the urban poverty
Dickens considered the middle class hypocritical because they saw themselves as paragon of Christian virtue
The life of urban poverty was a life of crime or prostitution
Workhouse
Child labour
BLEAK HOUSE
One of the most important phenomenon of the industrial revolution was the child labour: children were imployed in mines, agriculture, factories and as street or chimney sweepers. They were often preferred because they were viewed as more manageable and cheaper
In this novel Dickens writes about the conditions of slum housing, property speculation, overcrowed urban graveyards, the neglet of contagious deceases and of educational needs of children
Between 1800 and 1900 the population of london grew rapidly, this explosion brought serious problems to the city. Poor sanitation and the use of coal made the air heavy and foul. Vast amounts of sewagewere thrown directly into river Thames. This fact. The health conditions and the pollutions improved the contagious diseases and the deads