WWI's Impact on Transition to Modern Society: Role of Poets Brooke & Hemingway, Appunti di Inglese

Scarica WWI's Impact on Transition to Modern Society: Role of Poets Brooke & Hemingway e più Appunti in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! 1ST WORLD WAR When queen Victoria died, her eldest son Edward VII (a very skilled diplomat) became king of England. The Edwardian society was very similar to the Victorian, and the Liberal Party introduces some new reforms:  Old age pensions (age of 70).  Minimal wage.  Beside the Education Act (school compulsury) the children got free meals and free medical treats.  Health and Insurance Act to protect workers when they were sick or unemployed. Edward VII was succeeded by George V in which there was a period of great industrial unrest as many Britain’s industries began to suffer a period of decline. Meanwhile, Germany and America were gaining prestige. The United States emerges for the industry and was also becoming big for the cinema and in the 20s there was an economic boom where they had a lot of fun but at a certain point the production becomes too much. Germany was beginning his espansionist policy in the East and the king understood the danger so he signed an alliance with France and Russia. On 4th August 1914 Britain declared war on Germany after Germany invaded France via neutral Belgium. It was a war in which for the first time technology was used: gas was used to poison the enemy with bombs and it becomes a trench war. From Victorian ideas they moved on to a society that has uncertainties and doubts, WW1 was believed to be a water shelf and the downfall of certainties and values. And when the WW1 broke out a lot of young people were recruited to fight for their country -many of them were also volunteers. They had an optimistic view of the war, they thought that England was great at fighting. An example is the “Will you make a fourth” an ironic poster that invited people to help in the war. The same attitude towards war was in authors like Rupert Brooke. RUPERT BROOKE