English Quiz 7

How did victorians see themselves?

Victorians talked about themselves as being modern, in a way previous generations have not been.

What are the two events that marked the victorian period?

1. The liverpool manchester railway, opens in 1830.

2. The reform act of 1832.

What are the historical self-consciousness that people wrestle with during this time?

1. Do we celebrate all changes that happen with industrialization?

2. Innovation changes

3. Technology changes

4. Are we responsible for calling people to account?

How does the liverpool manchestor railways affect the economy?

This event changes landscape dramatically because the railways have connected cities in terms of travel. There was also a benefit of transport of goods.

What is the reform act of 1832?

This was a bill that enabled every male who owned 10 pounds of property to vote for the first time.

Were the other societal classes able to vote?

The poor and women were not allowed to vote. The working class doesn’t gain the right to vote until 1865.

What problems are shown to the raising middle class?

Industrialization is giving access to jobs and money, but it also brings problems of poverty, unsanitary housing, and brutal coniditions.

What is the timeline of the Victorian period?

1. 1830 - The first steam powered railway in the world opens.

2. 1832 - The first reform bill.

3. 1837 - Victoria becomes queen.

4. 1850 - Tennyson succeeds Wordsworth as poet Laurete.

5. 1851 - The great exhibition in London.

6. 1859 - Charles Darwin publishes origins of species.

7. 1901 - Death of Victoria.

How did writers see themselves during the victorian period?

They saw themselves as activist.

What was the Great Exhibition in London?

This was a time where people came from around the world, where there were cultural and industrial innovations being showcased.

What influence did Victoria have on the Victorian Period?

Victoria became a symbol of domestic fidelity, and she was a great image during this period which was why it was named after her.

What is Darwins book “Origins of the Species” about?

This book shifts peoples viewpoint on the enlightenment and science, specifically how people talk about science and its relationship to the world.

During the victorian period how is London being seen?

It is being seen as the cosmopolitan center of the world by europeans. This is because London is growing and there is a shift from the rural society to a more urban and industrialized society.

During the 19th century how does the Colonial Empire of Great Britain reach its peak?

Britain becomes the major power of the world, this is done by striping a lot of countries, making Britain’s power great but also tragic.

How is there almost universal literacy occurring at the end of the century?

This is by the new education laws for boys and girls.

What are periodicals?

Periodicals feature articles about news or reviews of things that are happening in society and featuring up and raising authors. Specifically they featured popular, religious, political, fiction and poetry, and reviews.

How many times a week do Periodicals get published?

A few times a week.

Whose writings did Periodicals publish?

They published most of the major writers of the victorian period. This includes Dickens, Eliot, Carlyle, Mill, Arnold, Tennyson, the Brownings, etc.

Why were writings broken down into several pieces, then published?

Because authors were incentivized to break up, especially their longer pieces to be published over several days.

What is the dominant literary form during this period?

Novels

Who were the major romantic poets?

1. William Wordsworth

2. Percy Shelley

3. George Byron

4. John Keats

5. Samuel Coleridge

6. William Blake

What are the characteristics of Victorian poetry?

1. Experiments with narrative and poetry

2. Frequently includes or is a dramatic dialogue

3. Intense focus on sound

4. Specific visual detail

5. Clearly drawn characters

What are the influences on victorian authors?

1. London becomes the major city of western civilization

2. The first steam powered public railway and the development of the rail system

3. Shift from rural to a urban economy based on trade and manufactoring

4. The first reform bill

5. Imperialism and colonialism

6. The growth of literacy

Who was Tennyson?

Tennyson wrestles with his place in society, his poetry draws on arthurian legends to examine the present. He emphasizes cadence and alliteration using blank verse.

What is subjigation?

To bring under control or submission. This is connected to other, land, and self.

What does Tennyson think the role of an artist is?

He thinks an artist is to speak to society. He thought looking from an outsider perspective is better than being on the inside.

What is a common theme we see in the victorian period?

The role of the artist.

What is the four part dramatic forum consist of?

1. Exposition: Background

2. Rising Action: The Problem

3. The Climax: The Breaking Point

4. Falling Action: The Resolution

Who was Elizabeth Barrett Browning?

She was a poet that focused on social issues, and she is known for her sonnets. She has a famous love story with her husband Robert Browning. In addition her faith leads her to condemn slavery and child labor.

What does the letter from Dickens to his friend say?

It says how you cannot ignore the things that are happening in the world.

How was Elizabeth disabled?

She falls off a horse, breaks her spine, and is house-bound.

What is the “Sonnets from the Portuguese”?

It is a sequence of 44 sonnets that Elizabeth wrote for her husband Robert.

Why was Elizabeth reluctant in publishing Sonnets from the Portuguese?

She was reluctant because of the intimate nature of the poems, so she published it as a “translation”.

What language of form does Elizabeth Barrett Browning use to declare about how she feels?

She uses repition, emotion, and imagery.

What inspired Barrett Browning to write “The cry of the Children”?

She was inspired to write this after interviewing Richard Horne who worked for the children’s employment condition.

What was Elizabeth Barrett Browning concerned about?

She was concerned about the violence, unsanitary and unsafe conditions, and the lack of religion in the Children’s lives.

What does Elizabeth Barrett Browning force us to ask through her writings?

She forces us to ask what cruelty or people we walk past and ignore.

Using Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s writing, how does it help us see where we need to examine our own faith and integrity?

It helps us to question our faith and integrity when we see poverty, injustice, or suffering that we choose to look away instead of helping.

What was the victorian workhosue?

The victorian workhouse was intended to provide work and shelter for poverty stricken people which essentially became prisons. The state would provide relief and the legal responsibility fell on the parish. It was known for its terrible conditions, forced child labor, long hours, malnutrition, beatings, and neglect.

Who was Charles Dickens?

Charles Dickens was an urban novelist and one of the most important comentators.

What did Charles Dickens Believe in?

He believed in the ethical potential of literature. Specifically he thought the novel should prompt people to engage in social reform.

What did Dickens writings look like?

His writing was characterized by humor, compassion, intelligence, and censure.

What did Charles Dickens family trials teach him?

They thought him about poverty because his dad was sent to debtor’s prison and he goes to work in blacking factory at 12.