Victorian

Question 1

characteristics of vcitorian lit

Answer 1

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

Question 2

how long did queen vic reign for

Answer 2

64 years , 2nd longest

Question 3

good things in british empire

Answer 3

• child labor laws passed
• voting rights
• workplace safety
• unions

Question 4

bad things in British empire

Answer 4

• poverty and harsh work conditions

- imperialism seen in negative light

Question 5

1833 factory act

Answer 5

bans factory work for children under 9

Question 6

realism

Answer 6

lit which focuses on practical problems and interest of daily life

Question 7

serial novel

Answer 7

published chapter by chapter in magazines , example dickens

Question 8

dramatic monologue

Answer 8

• single speaker the whole time
• speaking to silent audience
• dramatic conclusion

Question 9

porphyria’s lover

Answer 9

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

Question 10

sonnet 43

Answer 10

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

Question 11

digging on my grave

Answer 11

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

Question 12

athlete dying young

Answer 12

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

Question 13

dover beach

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Ulysses

Answer 14

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

Question 15

themes in PL

Answer 15

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

Question 16

dover beach

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Ulysses

Answer 17

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