Victorian Period 1837-1901

Question 1

Algemeen

Answer 1

• named after queen Victoria
• a time of scientific progress
• also a time of hardship and struggle

Question 2

Algemeen 2

Answer 2

• a dark period for children, who were forced to work under extremely dangerous conditions in mines and factories
• the industrial revolution led to a growing distance between rich and poor
• charles dickens wrote about the struggles of the poor and the battle between right and wrong
• a huge growth in population (from 14 to 32 million)

Question 3

Charles dickens

Answer 3

• used humour : slapstick
• his characters were really vivid but not terribly nuanced, so it’s pretty obvious from the get-go who’s good, who’ s bad, who can be reformed and who can’t

Question 4

Literature

Answer 4

• novel is the leading form of literature
• novels tended to be idealised portraits of difficult lives in which hard work, perseverance, love and luck win out in the end
• realism about the poor
• happy endings

Question 5

A Christmas carol (the story)

Answer 5

Ebenezer Scrooge is a very mean old man, who doesn’t show any kindness to other people at any time, even at Christmas. One Christmas he is visited by a number of ghosts, who show him the past, the present and the future in turn.

Question 6

Poetry of the great war (WO1)

Answer 6

• lots of people turned to poetry because of the horrors of the war
• glimpse into every day life of the soldier at the front
• in 1914, the war started with enthusiasm all over Europe
• most people thought that the war would end by Christmas, but it turned out to last almost four years
• poppy is the national symbol for remembrance day