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The real life Downton Abbey: The true story of servants (Etude du texte,…
The real life Downton Abbey: The true story of servants
Anticipation sur l'image p.54
You can see a lady of a certain age, who is nobly dressed
This lady wears a beige hat and a dress of the same color.
There is a quote from the film
this quote expresses that the maid of this aristocratic woman leaves to marry, but she does not take it very well, and qualifies her servant as selfish, perhaps she is jealous or that she is the true selfish.
This woman is a person of the show "Downton Abbey" a British historical TV series which depicts the lives of an aristocratic family and their domestic servants. It is set in the fictional Yorkshire country estate of Downton Abbey, between 1912 and 1926.
Etude du texte
text from Adrian Lee, The Daily Express, Tuesday 25 Sept. 2012
Article which deals with the condition of the servants at that time
Work
" badly paid"
"The work was boring, repetitive and could also be very lonely. Servants were often left utterly exhausted but they had no unions or employment rights"
"Country houses wouldn’t have been able to function without a vast hidden army of servants"
It was thanks to the servants and maids that the great houses turned properly
Segregation
"the contrast between the sumptuous family areas and the dull, often squalid servants’ quarters was stark"
"This was a deliberate ploy to demonstrate that they were a class apart"
" These rosetinted depictions would also have us believe that mutual respect existed across social boundaries. "
in the other series we are therefore lying about this aspect of the relationship masters and domestic
Invisibility and segregation were part of their job. In some stately homes, hidden passages kept, servants separate from family members to spare them the embarrassment of encountering this under-class."
Liberty (+ the right to choose non-existent)
"they were sometimes given generic names. Historical archives reveal that countless footmen were called William, Henry or James, which were considered “acceptable” names. A favourite maid’s name was Sarah
" Servants were expected to “know their place”"
" Servants worked 17-hour days with time off limited to church on Sunday morning and one afternoon a week
Hygiene and privacy
"They wore white gloves to serve at table to conceal their grubby hands"
"servants were crammed into shared bedrooms and beds with no bathroom or lavatory facilities"
"often lived in squalor"