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19th Century Victorian England and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde…
19th Century Victorian England
and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Queen Victoria
Queen for 63 years
113 of the world was part of the British Empire
Target of eight attempts to kill or assault her
Development time- children stopped going to work and started going to school, businesses boomed
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Science and Religion
Attack on religion
Science vs Religion
Religious society
Charles Darwin published 'The Origin of Species'. This book became famous for introducing the Theory of evolution to the public
Science had become dangerous, meddling in matters which only God had control over
Class and Wealth
Only male property owners could vote
Underlying belief that rich people were rich because they deserved to be and it was what God wanted
Rich men setting up charities to help the deserving poor
Big gap between the rich and the poor
Deserving poor, and the undeserving poor, endured hardship without complaint, the latter were thieves and vagabonds (were not content)
Workhouses
Victorian Characteristics and Fears
Unorthodox
Savage
Anxious
Restrained
Moral
Repressed
Debased
Supernatural
Degenerate
Respectable
Subconsious
Depraved
Etiquette
Gentlemen of high social status and good reputation
Virtues held up for people- especially poor people to aspire
Formal letters
Strict and were to be obeyed at all times
Weather
Soot and smoke in the atmosphere
Thick and dark fog
Sometimes impossible to see hands in front of their face
Robert Louis Stevenson's life
Born in Edinburugh, 1850
Ill health, spent a lot of time indoors
Wealthy family and included engineers, scientists, a professor of philosophy and a religious minister
Crime
Jack the Ripper
Pickpocketing and stealing
1854, Metropoliton police were set up
Poorer areas