THE VICTORIAN AGE
Queen Victoria (1837-1901)
VICTORIAN COMPROMISE
Restored the reputation of monarchy
Never identified with aristocracy
Near to common people
CONTRAST
PLEASANT
UNPLEASANT
Imperial power
OPIUM WARS 1839-1860 India and China
scientific achievements, thanks to the industrial revolution
Strict moral rules
The need to work hard
SENSE OF DUTY
RESPECTABILITY
Severity
Conformity to social standard
Morality
RAILWAY BOOM, it grew the British Empire economy and therefore its power. row materials were transported faster
Hypocrisy
railway system, telegraph, water in towns, underground
FAMILY
Possession of good manners, Ownership of a comfortable house, Regular attendance to church, Charity actions
PROSPERITY OPTIMISM PROGRESS
Charity actions
Man = bread winner
exploitation of children
Patriarchal unit, the husband was the dominant member
woman = the angel of the house
DIFFERENT TYPES OF WOMAN
poor people lived in SLUMS, crowded places with terrible life conditions
the BAYSWATER OMNIBUS
The middle-class woman
The fallen woman
The working class woman
1834
The femme fatale
workhouses
The new woman
places where in return for board and lodging, employment was provided (exploitation) to
FRAME OF MIND
Prudery
poor people, orphans, physically and mentally sick, disabled, elderly, unmarried women
EVANGELICALISM
UTILITARISM
suited interests of middle class Charles Dickens
the government made sure everyone would do anything to keep out of it
Idea of decorum
A strict code of morality
1895
IMPORTANT EVENTS
1867
1845
1833
1851
1832
Factory act
Great reform act
Potato famine
Second reform act
Caused the IMMIGRATION
Great exhibition
1860
London Underground
education
Crystal Palace, Hyde Park
1870
Education act