The Victorian Era, known for its peace, propriety and self-confidence, was under the rule of Queen Victoria from the year of 1837 to 1901. Under her rule, Queen Victoria’s subjects flourished and prospered. The Victorian Era is a reaction to the previous period, known as the Georgian Era. Unlike the Georgian Era, which was rational and realistic, Victorian Era leaned towards romanticism and mysticism in the form of religion, arts, and literature. Queen Victoria highly focused on the quality of literature that was imaginative, emotional, and simply romantic whereas reviewing upon the previous era, literatures were more concentrated on realism and morality. One of the famous Victorian writers is Charles Dickens and his novel A Tale of Two Cities; his figurative writing style depicting social reality made a great impact on future novel writing. Such writing style allowed different perspectives on different common life events. The elements of imagination and romanticism were also apparent in The Misanthrope by Moliere. Attacking the problem with social hierarchy and superficiality in the French community, Moliere simply used satire and humor to demonstrate the truth in everyday matters such as talking and interacting. Both A Tale of Two Cities and The Misanthrope focused on the lower to middle class and common life. The prudent Victorian Era is very unique, but it is definitely greatly impacted by the previous era.
Ms. Wylie
Period 5
Team 7
Dan Qi
Samudra Thio
Kevyn Fox
This was a great synthesis response. It was nice to learn about different literature during this time and how they contributed to this era. The Victorian Era was a high concentration of the decadent arts and the growing middle to lower classes and both of these works of arts demonstrate Queen Victoria's influence during her reign. Well done!
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