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VICTORIAN AGE (1837-1901) - Coggle Diagram
VICTORIAN AGE (1837-1901)
Victorian compromise: the double face of this ages: good moral appearence in the contrast with the social reality and private life (hiprocrisy), this aspect is also clear in the city
Dickens
didactic aim
(critical attitude toward his society, attention for the children condition, he wants people to be aware of the condition of the poor)
Oliver Twist
he borns in a workouse (he lives in very bad conditions, he works but he isn't paid, he only has food and bed)
Hard Times
The definition of a horse
the teacher Gradgrind educated children only witch fact, no immagination or emotion (utilitarism)
Coketown
Is polluted, everithing is black, full of ashes,
coke is a subproduct of coal
is a fictional city,
alienation, ripetitive tasks in factories
Stevenson
The strange case of Dr Jekyll (respectable pubblic face) and Mr Hyde (real personality)
He drank a potion evertimes he changes his identity but Hyde achieved domination over Jekill, so he can't return Jekils, so he killed himself
Contrast between good and evil
two face of the house one handsome and a back door used by Hyde
his inner side is too much powerful to keep inside for a log time (uscita dagli argini di Pirandello)
he watches himself at the mirror, but he isn't afraid
Wilde
Art for art's sake (the beauty is the most important element when we do art, aestheticism, no didactic aim), use of the languages of the senses, feel sensations, not interested in the society)
The picture of Dorian Gray
Dorian gray vs the portrait: the first stays forever young while his painting reflects the signs of time and of his immoral acts (rapresentation of degradation of his soul)
the studio of Andrea Sperelli is similar to Basil studio, (both flowers)
he decides to live is life as "work of art", pleasure and sensation
Gray: simbol of Victorian compromise: morally neither black nor white
vice, insensitivity
Basil, the painter, tried to guide Dorian towards good moral conduct, Dorian kills him
Poor lived in East end: there were slums, workhouses, criminality