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THE VICTORIAN COMPROMISE - Coggle Diagram
THE VICTORIAN COMPROMISE
A COMPLEX AGE
THE VICTORIAN AGE
WAS MARKED BY
COMPLEXITY
IT WAS A TIME OF CHANGE
BUT ALSO OF CONTRADICTIONS
OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE
VICTORIAN COMPROMISE
IT WAS AN AGE IN WHICH
REFORMS AND
POLITICAL STABILITY
COEXISTED WITH
POVERTY AND INJUSTICE
PROGRESS,
MODERNITY WAS PRAISED
BUT THERE WAS A REVIVAL OF
GOTHIC AND
CLASSICISM IN ART
RELIGION
PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE
IN PEOPLE'S LIVES
EVANGELICALISM
ENCOURAGED
PUBLIC
AND
POLITICAL ACTION
AND CREATED A LOT OF CHARITIES
PHILANTHROPY
LED TO THE CREATION OF SOCIETIES
WHICH ADDRESSED EVERY KIND OF POVERTY,
AND DEPENDED ESPECIALLY ON THE VOLUNTARY EFFORTS
OF MIDDLE-CLASS WOMEN
THE VICTORIANS
BELIEVED IN GOD
BUT ALSO IN
PROGRESS
AND
SCIENCE
FREEDOM
WAS LINKED WITH RELIGION
AS REGARDED FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE,
RESPECTABILITY
WOMEN
CONTROLLED THE FAMILY BUDGET
AND BROUGHT UP THE CHILDREN
THERE WAS GROWING EMPHASIS
ON THE DUTY OF MEN
TO RESPECT
AND
PROTECT
WOMEN
HOWEVER,
RESPECTABILITY
WAS A MIXTURE OF
MORALITY
AND HYPOCRISY
SINCE THE UNPLEASANT ASPECTS OF SOCIETY
WERE HIDDEN UNDER
OUTWARD RESPECTABILITY
THERE WAS GENERAL AGREEMENT ON THE VIRTUES
OF ASSERTING A SOCIAL STATUS,
KEEPING UP APPEARANCES
AND LOOKING AFTER A FAMILY
THESE THINGS WERE
RESPECTABLE
INCREASING EMPHASIS
WAS PLACED
ON EDUCATION
AND
HYGIENE
WAS ENCOURAGED
TO IMPROVE HEALTHCARE
SEXUALITY
WAS GENERALLY REPRESSED
IN BOTH ITS
PUBLIC
AND
PRIVATE FORMS
AND MORALISING
PRUDERY
GRADUALLY LED TO THE DENUNCIATION OF NUDITY IN ART