Epoca vittoriana è rivoluzione industriale, Appunti di Inglese

Scarica Epoca vittoriana è rivoluzione industriale e più Appunti in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! Late Victorian age Sunday, November 28, 2021 1:16 PM Late victoria age 1. After Albert's death The victoian age is divided in 2 parts1837-61 before alberts death ad after 1861 The left a lot of ppower th the prime minister and always wor black because she was in grat suffering for her husband’s death, who she loved a lot Victoria withdrew from society and went into mourning for ten years. During this time, in politics there were two ate Ma ooxTiaTor=1M0t:]m (St e the Liberals; on the side of the parliament e the Conservatives. From the royalist, from the side of the king and higher social classes and church of england The 2 parties come from the civil war, 2 factions: the royalist on the side of the king and the parliamentariand on the side of the parliament. 2 parties came from the factions during this period The liberal party was led byWilliam Gladstone. The conservative party was led by Benjamin Disraeli. The 2 leaders alternated a prime minister tfrom 168 to almost the end of the century and they were great ministers,on different sides but had some things in common: Instituted a tried to maintain a lot of political reformd Disraeli and Gladstone Between 1868 and 1880, Disraeli and Gladstone alternated as Prime Minister both men passed social and political reforms. Foreign policy: e basedon free trade and liberalism; e time of greatest expansion of British Empire. Disraeli's government brought in social reforms to improve conditions in the expanding towns. brought in social reforms to improve conditions in the expanding towns. e 1875-->Artisans’ and Labourers’ Dwellings Act 2 clearing of the slums and housing for the elolo]g e 1875?Public Health Act Pl sanitation and running water; e 1878+èFactory Act È limited working hours per week. Gladstone’s home policy e 1870+Education Act Pl introduction of ‘board schools’ in the poorer areas of the towns; elementary education became compulsory by 1880. e 1871--<Trade Union Act Pl legalisation of trade Unions; e 1872+Ballot Act El introduction of the secret ballot at elections; e 1884èThird Reform Act Pl extended voting to all male householders including miners, mill- workers and farm labourers. Roberti Louis Stevenson His house is in Edinburg, he is Scottish and not English. The house was boilt in 1804 in the newest part of the town, in full Georgian age, the style of the 19*" century in architecture is classicism, it is in classical style and the buildings were built in classical style. Stevenson came alter to this house, he bought it in 1857 His childhood: he was a very creative child. And also e was a weak and ill boy, had a lot of health problems and had a lot of nightmares coming from the illness. Another element which is important to comprehend his literature is his nanny, who told him bloody stories about the Scottish history and ghost stories. He had a nanny like all the children of his social class, he was rich. She told him stories about murders, war etc, with the fact that he had nightmares and the fact that he was very imaginative . He was really young when he started creating stories. (creating as imagining and not writing) There is an influence of Edinburg and Scotland in his writing, which is really different from England, they are not English and they have a different culture, even if they do speak English and they are now part of great Britain. They are Celts and they were never conquered by romans. The city itself, like London, expressed the aspect of the double: there was a neoclassical part of the city, light open spaced and elegant, and the old medieval part called shambles (=vicoli) were all the poor people lived. Jackill and Hyde represent the 2 sides of Edinburg, it is a symbolic novel, there a lot of symbols in the protagonists. the novel is set in a city that looks like London but it is actually about Edinburg the are both “double “ cities. The victoria houses have 2sides too: the part that faces the front of the house, light and clean, and another entrance on the back, dirty, dark, were the servants entranced. 2 doors: one on the front light, and one on the back dark, just like the city of London and the 2 sides of Edinburg. The first of thing we think about is the contrast between good and evil in the novel, but it is not the only meaning, we can read the novel in a deeper way: the evil does not care about the good, but the good ultimately cares about the evil. Which is why everything happens, beause the good part cares about the actions of Hyde and the good tries to win against the bad, it is not just a fght, the good tries to erase the evil, but the evil does not care about the good. People are attracted by the fact that in darkness there is always the light of the good, the light that the goo can win., even if there is = ius (N lf40) 0 He travelled a lot, his first jpurneys strted whren he was a child, he travelled with his parents, the first travels were very close, to Scoltand, he knew his country. The fisrt journey aouside scotalnd was in france: why is that important? It ispired one of his fist books, which were inspired by his voyages (he was brave) He travelled a lot to try to forget all of his problems, so he tavelled to exotic places, but the problems (for xample the ealth problems) followed him. Also he travelled in order to improve his heals. He had a lot of lungs (polmoni) problems and wante to find a palce with a warmer climate since the English climate was not suitable for his health. The 15 travel beyond Europe wa in the united states, in California, hich was important becausethere he met his wife anf they started to travel togheteiher and the went to the sounth pacifica island. He wnet to the south pacific because he had to write atcles about his travels for an American voyage magazines (he wa also a jpurnalist) he died in Smoa at 44 vears old, he is buried there.