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THE VICTORIAN AGE. A TWO-FACED REALITY--> 1861-1901 - Coggle Diagram
THE VICTORIAN AGE. A TWO-FACED REALITY--> 1861-1901
POLITICAL SCENE
LIBERAL PARTY LED BY WILLIAM GLADSTONE
SOCIAL REFORMS
EDUCATION ACT--> ESTABLISHED A NATIONAL SYSTEM OF PRIMARY EDUCATION
TRADE UNION ACT--> LEGALISED UNIONS OF WORKERS
THIRD REFORM ACT--> EXTENDED THE VOTE TO ALL MALE HOUSEHOLDERS
THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY LED BY BENJAMIN DISRAELY
SOCIAL REFORMS
ARTISAN'S AND LABOURERS' DWELLINGS ACT--> CLERAED THE SLUMS AND PROVIDED HOUSING FOR THE POOR
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT--> PROVIDED SANITATION AND RUNNING WATER
ECONOMIC TRENDS
MORE PEOPLE LIVING IN ENGLAND THAN IN THE MOTHER COUNTRY
COLONIAL EMPIRE
THE BRITISH EMPIRE--> THE LARGEST EVER SEEN WITH DOMINIONS IN CANADA, WIDE AREAS OF INDIA,AUSTRALIA,NEW SELAND, ASIA, SOUTH AMERICA AND SOUTH AFRICA
1877--> QUEEN VICOTRIA BECAME EMPRESS ON INDIA
THE BOER WARS IN SOUTH AFRICA--> REBELLION OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AGAINST BRITAIN
CULTURAL TRENDS
GROWING SENSE OF WHITE MAN'S SLOURDEN DECLINE OF OPTIMISM
PROTEST AGAINST INDUSTRIALISM--> KARL MARX'S DAS KAPITAL
LATE VICTORIAN NOVEL
MAIN FEATURES
CRITICISM AGAINST THE VICOTRIAN COMPROMISE
REFUSAL OF THE OPTIMISTIC VIEW OF MAN AND PROGRESS
A NEW REALISM INFLUENCED BY SOCIAL DARWINISM
MIRROR OF A SOCIETY LINKED TO A GROWING CRISIS
THE NOVEL FOR CHILDREN--> QUESTIONED VICTORIAN CERTAINTIES, CONVENTIONS AND PREJUDICES
THE CRIME NOVEL--> CENTRED ON THE FIGURE OF THE DETECTIVE WHO TRIES TO SOLVE MISTERY AND RESTORE ORDER
THE STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON--> THE DUALITY PRESENT IN EVERY INDIVIDUAL
COLONIAL LITERATUR--> NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES BY KIPLING
AESTHETICISM
ART FOR ART'S SAKE
ABSENCE OF A DIDACTIC AIM IN ANY WORK OF ART
THE PURSUIT OF BEAUTY AS THE CONTENT OF ANY WORK OF ART
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY BY OSCAR WILDE THEMES: THE CONTRAST BETWEEN REALITY AND APPEARANCE
THE MORAL OF THE BOOK: EVERY EXCESS BRINGS ITS OWNPUNISHMENT AND NO ONE CAN ESCASE REALITY
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
ELEVEN STATES WANTED TO MAINTAIN SLAVERY AND ABANDONED THE UNION
1865--> THE SOUTHERS STATES SURRENDERED AFTER FOUR YEARS OF WAR
THE 13TH AMENDMENT--> ABOLISCHED SLAVERY: SLAVES OFFICIALLY GAINED FREEDOM BUT HAD NEITHER ECONOMIC SECURITY NOR REAL EQUALITY