victorian period real presentation

°Queen Victoria (1837-1901)  Age of transition  England became the wealthiest country thanks to industry and trade  ”The sun never sets on England” • TOPICS TO DEVELOP… •The Industrial Revolution •Life in the Victorian Era •Social Class •Development in Science and Technology •Health and Medicine •Entertainment •Religion and political system •The Victorian Novel and Major Authors •Women in Victorian Culture •Literacy and Publication The Industrial Revolution Factories were founded and mass production become important and prolifetable •Cities could be connected through canals, railways and steamships •Urbanazation, poverty and child labour emmerged Daily life in the Victorian Era ● Because of the industrialization, people migrated to other areas where opportunites for work where found ● People unskilled – skilled demanded work, so the wages were low ● Life condition were too hard •Children had to work as CHIMMEYSWEEPERS,COAL MINERS during longs hours under difficult conditions to help the family budget CHILD LABOUR ● Some diseases •Cholera, typhus and tuberculosis spreaded •Homemade prescriptions, folk remedies and herbal medicine were used as a cure by the poors •Destitution: Many cases of death caused by starvation and destitution were reported In 1850 , an inquest was held on a 38 year old man whose body was reported as being little more than a skeleton, and her child as a ‘skeleton infant’ Entertainment  Types of entertainment depends on social classes • Victorian Britain interested in theatre, opera, the arts, music and drama • Gambling in casinos, drinking and prostitution were popular • Hypnotism and ghost conjuring aroused curiosity • Hobbies such as studies of birds, butterflies, seashells and wildflowers were also popular Religious and political system  Theocracy  Victorian England was a deeply religious country  A great number of people were habitual church-goers, at least once , every Sunday  The Bible and religious stories were frequently and widely read by people of every class  Towards the end of Queen Victoria's reign, the faith of the English people began to slacken The Victorian Literature •Impulse to describe the everyday world and recognize a large and comprehensive social world with a variety of classes •Focus on moral and theological absolutes Women in the Victorian Culture • • First women’s college established in 1848 in London Changing conditions of women’s work created by the Industrial Revolution • Bad working conditions and underemployment drove thousands of women into prostitution • Sticked to the household and viewed as property , and these attitudes gave birth to feminism *The etiquette Someone said …  "I would heartily wish that you may often be seen to smile, but never heard to laugh while you live Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill-manners; it is the manner in which the mob express their silly joy at silly things; and they call it being merry In my mind there is nothing so illiberal, and so ill-bred, as audible laughter I am neither of a melancholy nor a cynical disposition, and am as willing and as apt to be pleased as anybody; but I am sure that since I have had the full use of my reason nobody has ever heard me laugh." Literacy and Publication • By the end of the century, literacy was almost universal and compulsory national education required to the age of ten • Thanks to technological developments, the rate of reading including newspapers, novels and periodicals increased • Novels and short fiction were published in serial form Hope you could feel part of this journey to the past, to Victorian period We invite you to look for deeper aspects about the matter that you felt attracted to Thanks for your ATTENTION… Created by: Lopez Barrios, Yesica Martínez Sosa, Jessica Beatríz Professor: Lucero Eugenia Subject: History and Culture of the lands where English is spoken Presentation date : June th , 2014 Soundtrack at the notes of this presentation WE WILL SHARE IT WITH YOU AT OUR VIRTUAL GROUP TOGETHER WITH THIS COMPLETE FILE  [...]... entertainment depends on social classes • Victorian Britain interested in theatre, opera, the arts, music and drama • Gambling in casinos, drinking and prostitution were popular • Hypnotism and ghost conjuring aroused curiosity • Hobbies such as studies of birds, butterflies, seashells and wildflowers were also popular Religious and political system  Theocracy  Victorian England was a deeply religious... class  Towards the end of Queen Victoria's reign, the faith of the English people began to slacken The Victorian Literature •Impulse to describe the everyday world and recognize a large and comprehensive social world with a variety of classes •Focus on moral and theological absolutes Women in the Victorian Culture • • First women’s college established in 1848 in London Changing conditions of women’s... history was most powerfully advanced by CHARLES DARWIN and his theory of evolution first published in his book On the Origin of species in 1859 and HEALTH AND MEDICINE Medicine progressed during the Victorian years… Ether, chloroform, nitrous oxide were used as a way of anesthesia In this way, operations such as dentistry cases became painless ● Some diseases •Cholera, typhus and tuberculosis spreaded