characteristics of vcitorian lit
1) moral purpose = to instruct the world
2) question and raises doubts
3) protests traditions and social structures , questions if there’s a better war
how long did queen vic reign for
64 years , 2nd longest
good things in british empire
- child labor laws passed
- voting rights
- workplace safety
- unions
bad things in British empire
- poverty and harsh work conditions
- imperialism seen in negative light
1833 factory act
bans factory work for children under 9
realism
lit which focuses on practical problems and interest of daily life
serial novel
published chapter by chapter in magazines , example dickens
dramatic monologue
- single speaker the whole time
- speaking to silent audience
- dramatic conclusion
porphyria’s lover
DM
- woman at party with her husband but comes back to other man says how she wishes they coudl be together so guy kills her using her own hair so they can be together
sonnet 43
talking about how much and what way she love him
- all the time, no limits no boundaries, little ways
- passionately w/ passion she use to have in her childhood grieves
- childlike faith, will love him even more in heaven
digging on my grave
2 speakers, dog and owner
husband? getting re married
children? over it
enemy? doesnt care
dog burrying bone, forgot it was her resting place
DEAD PEOPLE HAVE NO LEGACY JUST GO ON W LIFE
athlete dying young
athlete died young, extremely talented but good he died before his glory died.
died on top
didnt live long enough to go in bad direction
dover beach
DM
- everyone once had faith = metaphor
- sea was full of faith like that sea at high tide but now he only hear its roars, now its going away like pebbles
- the world is gonna be hard but we must love and be true to each other we’re all we have
Ulysses
DM
- king is bored. there’s always something more
- seek out a new world, new adventure. maybe they’ll come back maybe they won’t
- maybe find something maybe just seek and yield
themes in PL
faith : if God does exist he woulda said something
love : negative it’s obsessive and all consuming, led to kll
death : how he gets to be w her forever
dover beach
life - beach is calm but reminds him of sadness of world
death - death of faith, death of positive qualities of faith
faith - going away using waves to symbolize how faith is going away
individual vs. world - him and wife stick together
love - love you have positive qualities in world
Ulysses
fame and adventure - wanna relive adventure days, wanna go on journey fame and adventure fleeting but not willing to accept. wants to go out
life - more to life than just existing wanna do something, even if they go out and outcome is not good
