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Victorian Literature: Key Areas
- Industry and Empire
- POETRY : White
Mans Burden
- one of the justifications of
colonizing by europeans was
that they had an obligation to
"better the lives" of the people
they conquered. so they were
not actually doing it for
(primarily) profit, but as an act
of noblise oblige, a duty to act
for those people.
- Just getting to some of
the colonies took
months; it would be
years or decades before
many would or could
return to England
- Go bind your
sons to exile
- Go bind your
sons to exile
- To serve your
captive's need
- Many of the territories were
populated by nomadic people and
those unwilling to acknowledge the
British rule. Half devil because of
the brutality natives were
percieved to be capable of, and half
child because to the British the
natives seemed to have short
attention spans and childlike
niavete.
- To wait in heavy
harness On fluttered
folk and wild - Your
new-caught sullen
peoples, Half devil
and half child.
- To wait in heavy
harness On fluttered
folk and wild - Your
new-caught sullen
peoples, Half devil
and half child.
- The empire's actions are not
all noble; he admits to the
economic/financial gain of
the empire by collecting
revenues from the defeated
natives, by taxes or other
means
- To seek
another's
profit, And
work another's
gain.
- To seek
another's
profit, And
work another's
gain.
- the work of "the white
man's burden was done
by common men, not
royalty
- No tawdry rule of
kings, But toil of
serf and sweeper -
The tale of
common things.
- the story of conquest is
that of the average man,
average soldier Kipling
always looked on things
from this view, rather
than that of the ruling
elite
- the story of conquest is
that of the average man,
average soldier Kipling
always looked on things
from this view, rather
than that of the ruling
elite
- No tawdry rule of
kings, But toil of
serf and sweeper -
The tale of
common things.
- having conquered, this refers
to the process of educating and
enlightening the "heathen
natives", which refers both to
matters religious, and more
imporantly, to the scientific
and technological advances of
the age
- The cry of hosts
ye humour (Ah
slowly !) towards
the light:-
- The cry of hosts
ye humour (Ah
slowly !) towards
the light:-
- Just getting to some of
the colonies took
months; it would be
years or decades before
many would or could
return to England
- he merely reflects the common
sentiments of the time
- one of the justifications of
colonizing by europeans was
that they had an obligation to
"better the lives" of the people
they conquered. so they were
not actually doing it for
(primarily) profit, but as an act
of noblise oblige, a duty to act
for those people.
- PROS : Heart
of Darkness
- Satirical of
the Empire
- The colonists are
described as shiny,
altruistic pioneers
sallying forth into the
dark uncivilized world
to bring salvation and
civilization to the
ignorant races.
- Hunters for gold or pursuers
of fame, ... bearing the
sword, ... messengers of the
might within the land,
bearers of a spark from the
sacred fire. What greatness
had not floated on the ebb of
that river into the mystery of
an unknown earth!…The
dreams of men, the seed of
commonwealths, the germs
of empires.
- Hunters for gold or pursuers
of fame, ... bearing the
sword, ... messengers of the
might within the land,
bearers of a spark from the
sacred fire. What greatness
had not floated on the ebb of
that river into the mystery of
an unknown earth!…The
dreams of men, the seed of
commonwealths, the germs
of empires.
- Now Marlow undermines
everything he just said about the
nobility and good intentions of the
explorers. He's seen how messed
up colonization really is, and he
knows that the colonizing countries
care only about efficiency and
profit. The explorers aren't heroes;
they're robbers and murderers
who just wanted to bring home
profit.
- They were no colonists; ... They were
conquerors, and for that you want only brute
force—nothing to boast of ... since your
strength is just an accident arising from the
weakness of others. They grabbed what they
could get for the sake of what was to be got. It
was just robbery with violence, aggravated
murder on a great scale, and men going at it
blind—as is very proper for those who tackle a
darkness. The conquest of the earth, which
mostly means the taking it away from those
who have a different complexion or slightly
flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty
thing when you look into it too much.
- They were no colonists; ... They were
conquerors, and for that you want only brute
force—nothing to boast of ... since your
strength is just an accident arising from the
weakness of others. They grabbed what they
could get for the sake of what was to be got. It
was just robbery with violence, aggravated
murder on a great scale, and men going at it
blind—as is very proper for those who tackle a
darkness. The conquest of the earth, which
mostly means the taking it away from those
who have a different complexion or slightly
flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty
thing when you look into it too much.
- Marlow makes fun of
the colonist's
motto—to civilize
savages—by comparing
it to an idle traveler
imposing himself on
hosts too generous to
make him leave. The
implication is that the
colonists' arrival with
all their rhetoric of
civilization is ultimately
undesired by the
native African
inhabitants.
- I had then, as you remember, just returned to London after a lot of Indian
Ocean, Pacific, China Seas - a regular dose of the East - six years or so, and I
was loafing about, hindering you fellows in your work and invading your
homes, just as though I had got a heavenly mission to civilize you.
- I had then, as you remember, just returned to London after a lot of Indian
Ocean, Pacific, China Seas - a regular dose of the East - six years or so, and I
was loafing about, hindering you fellows in your work and invading your
homes, just as though I had got a heavenly mission to civilize you.
- The colonists are
described as shiny,
altruistic pioneers
sallying forth into the
dark uncivilized world
to bring salvation and
civilization to the
ignorant races.
- Satirical of
the Empire
- PROS :
Oliver Twist
- Dickens’s works are
overwhelmingly concerned
with the social and
psychological conditions
that city life fostered
- Who can describe the pleasure and delight,
the peace of mind and soft tranquility, the
sickly boy felt in the balmy air and among
the green hills and rich woods of an inland
village! ... Men who have lived in crowded,
pent-up streets, through lives of toil, and
who have never wished for change ... even
they ... have been known to yearn at last for
one short glimpse of Nature’s face, and
[once they see it] have seemed to pass at
once into a new state of being.
- Dickens goes on to
note that, in the
country, even “the
poor people” are
“neat and clean.”
- Dickens goes on to
note that, in the
country, even “the
poor people” are
“neat and clean.”
- Who can describe the pleasure and delight,
the peace of mind and soft tranquility, the
sickly boy felt in the balmy air and among
the green hills and rich woods of an inland
village! ... Men who have lived in crowded,
pent-up streets, through lives of toil, and
who have never wished for change ... even
they ... have been known to yearn at last for
one short glimpse of Nature’s face, and
[once they see it] have seemed to pass at
once into a new state of being.
- Dickens’s works are
overwhelmingly concerned
with the social and
psychological conditions
that city life fostered
- POETRY : In a
London Drawing
Room
- Simile:
comparing
the houses
to "solid
fog"
- Through the process of
urbanization, individuals are
lead to isolation due to the busy
lives that urbanites carry; the
common repetitious
architecture in the setting of city
also makes the surroundings
uninviting and dull, leaving no
space for the appreciation of
nature.
- Metaphor:
houses are
"cutting the sky
with one long
line of wall"
- Metaphor:
"thickest
canvass" refers
to clouds
- Personification:
hunger
of
the
eye
(curiosity
is
not
fulfilled)
- Personification:
sun is dressed
in hemp
- Personification:
"wheels
are
hurrying"
- Simile: world
compared to
"prison-house
&
court"
- Metaphor:
houses are
"cutting the sky
with one long
line of wall"
- Process of urbanization
leads to isolation:
- "All hurry on &
look upon the
ground, Or glance
unmarking at the
passengers by"
- "All hurry on &
look upon the
ground, Or glance
unmarking at the
passengers by"
- Simile:
comparing
the houses
to "solid
fog"
- POETRY : White
Mans Burden
- Position of Women
- PLAY : A Woman of No Importance
- Oliver Twist
- Nancy- dies
because of
Sykes
- Nancy- dies
because of
Sykes
- The Ruined
Maid
- Her new role in
society
- Her new role in
society
- PLAY : A Woman of No Importance
- Social
Problems
- Assisted by the
Industrial Revolution
- Upper class were rich and
Lower class were poor.
- There was a clear
divide between classes.
- A Dolls House
- Nora had to take out a loan to
protect their middle class status.
- Nora had to take out a loan to
protect their middle class status.
- Oliver Twist
- The Work Houses
- Fagin and his boys
- The Work Houses
- Tess
- her struggle for survival
- her struggle for survival
- Assisted by the
Industrial Revolution
- Evolving
Attitudes
- The theory of
evolution
- AWONI
- Hester's culture
from 'the new world'
- Hester's culture
from 'the new world'
- Frankenstein
- New science
technologies
- New science
technologies
- Tess
- Sorrow's
death
- Angel questioning
God
- Sorrow's
death
- Religion was not as
important
- The theory of
evolution
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