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The real life of servants/Downton Abbey GR 7 - Coggle Diagram
The real life of servants/Downton Abbey GR 7
Social rights
no social rights (maternity leave, no insurance, no retirement rights...)
no rights to unions (syndicats)
Salary and free time
only one afternoon a week
could only go to the Church onSunday
badly-paid
under-class
living conditions
lived in squalor/dirt
no bathroom/facilities
bad sanitary conditions
crammed in shared bedrooms/no space
confined in the basement
freezing in winter
Work
clean the fireplace and polish the shoes
17-hour days work
boring and repetive
badly-paid
degrading and exhausting
clothes and hairstyle
they "had matching hairstyle" /no individuality
given generic names (James, William, William)/NO IDENTITY
they had uniforms/they looked the same
DEPRIVED of any personal identity
CONTRAST with Downton Abbey
"loyal and largely contented"
"rose-tinted depiction"
"mutual respect across social boundaries"
SO in Downton ABBEY idealized version of the relationships
GLOSSING OVER reality
Social status/relationships with masters
"under class"
isolated/separate from the masters/lonely
expected to "know their place"