Victorian Age by Mathilde, Johanne & Viola

1. Class differences and gender roles

1.1. Oppression of women

1.2. Women: %sexual desire, purity, modesty

1.3. Traditional gender roles

2. Industrialisation

2.1. Infra-structure

2.1.1. Poor conditions

2.1.1.1. Children working

2.2. Overpopulation

2.3. England had more advanced technology

3. Superstition

3.1. Dracula

3.2. A Christmas Carol

4. Liberalism

5. Charles Dickens

5.1. Portrayed the lower classes of the Victorian Age

5.2. Oliver Twist

5.3. A Christmas Carol

6. Sanity/insanity

7. Aristocracy

7.1. Dracula had political power - a symbol of the evil upper class

7.2. Aristocracy is a form of government that places strength in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class

8. Texts/movies

8.1. Excerpt of Dracula Bram Stoker

8.1.1. Oppressed sexuality

8.2. The Victorian Age

8.3. Dracula musical

8.4. Excerpt of A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens

8.5. A Christmas Carol movie (David Jones, 1999)

9. Super-power (Britain)

9.1. Colonies all over the world

9.1.1. "The sun never sets on the British Empire"

9.1.1.1. A quarter of the World was under the British Empire

9.1.2. India as an English colony

9.2. Nationalism

9.3. Heart of the empire = London

10. Queen Victoria 1837-1901

10.1. Her three older brothers died, leaving no legitimate children

10.2. Married her cousin, Prince Albert

10.3. Queen Victoria´s Golden Jubilee - 60 years of Queen Victoria rule

11. Charles Darwin

11.1. Survival of the fittest

11.2. Science vs. religion

11.3. Evolution

12. Religion

12.1. The Church of England lost its legal monopoly in 1828-33

13. Sport

13.1. Croquet - played after working day - the only good thing about imperialism