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VICTORIAN AGE (1837-1901) - Coggle Diagram
VICTORIAN AGE (1837-1901)
REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA:
NEAR COMMON PEOPLE
RESTORED THE REPUTATION OF THE MONARCHY
SHAPED NEW ROLE FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY
VICTORIAN COMPROMISE
strict moral values
the need to work hard
man: have the first role in the society
BREADWINNER
woman:
PRUDERY=puritanism
repression of sexuality
middle class =angel of the house
fallen woman: sigle with children
working class woman
femme fatale:cheated on her husband
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sense of duty=RESPECTABILITY
means morality, severity, hypocrisy, and conformative of the standard
improvement of reading skills
1870- EDUCATION ACT
VICTORIAN FRAME OF MIND
evangelicalism
a strict code of morality
charity actions
a good victorian have regular attendance in church
utilitarianism
Charles Dickens
TIMELINE
1832-First of Great Reform Act
1833-Factory Act
1834-Workhouses for poor in return of work
1845-Tragic potato famine
1851:Great Exhibition
to showcase British progress create this exposition
1860-London Underground
1867-Second Reform Act
1859-On the origin of species
Charles Darwin: claimed the nature was ruled by the law of natural selection
1846-Repeal of the Corn Laws
people return here for board and lodging, employment was provided for poor
overcrowded slums
poor sanitation and foul smelling
rise of crime rate
1803-1863:technological advance