victorian-morality

Backgroundinformation1.VictorianMorality2.PuritanismHOME4.Prohibition5.GreenwichVillage6.Bohemianlife3.TheRoaring20’sQueenVictoriaandPrinceAlbertQueenVictoriarulingtime1837-1901•Victoria,queenofGreatBritainandIreland(1837–1901)andempressofIndia(1876–1901).•ShewasthedaughterofdukeofKent(fourthsonofGeorgeIII)andPrincessMaryLouiseVictoria.Victoria'sfatherdiedbeforeshewasayearold.•in1837,attheageof18,shesucceededheruncle,WilliamIV,tothethrone.•In1840,Victoriamarriedherfirstcousin,PrinceAlbertofSaxe-Coburg-GothaIn1861,Albert(whohadbeennamedprinceconsortin1857)died.VictorianAge(VictorianGentility)--greateconomic,social,andpoliticalchangesoccurredinBritain.TheBritishEmpirecoveredaboutafourthoftheworld’sland.Industryandtradeexpandedrapidly,andrailroadsandlandscrisscrossedthecountry.---Scienceandtechnologymadegreatadvances.---Thegovernmentintroduceddemocraticreforms.Forexample,anincreasingnumberofpeoplereceivedtherighttovote.---Factoryandfarmworkerslivedinterriblepoverty.Richpeoplelivedonpoorpeoplewiththecoverofreligion.---Englandwastwonations,onerichandonepoor.OliverTwist,VanityFair,thethreeBronte,allthesewritersattackedthegreedandhypocrisytheysawinsociety.---ThetermVictorian,likethemiddle-classsocietyinthetimeofQueenVictoria,veryrespectableandreligiousinaformalwaythatsometimesonlypretendstobegoodandpure---Ifwesay“Hisopinions/stylesareveryVictorian”,wemeanthat.(陈腐伪善的道德标准和华丽藻饰的文艺风格)yleFeaturesofVictoriaTimes1.Architects.Gothicstyle,Greekstyle2.Clothes.3.Afternoonteawasverypopularforthenoble.Theyhadnutritiousbreakfast,asimplelunchandlatesupper.VictorianMorals1.TheperiodofVictoriawasfamousforadvocatingaccomplishmentofmorals.Victorianpruderysometimeswentsofarastodeemitimpropertosayleginmixedcompany;instead,thepreferredeuphemism“limb”wasused.Thosegoingforaswimintheseaatthebeachwoulduseabathingmachine.Theyspentalotoftimedisparagingthebehavioroftheboorish.2.Atypicalcharacterofthisperiodwasstrictmoralityaboutsex.Peopleadoptedakindofdepressedattitudetowardsex.Verbalorwrittencommunicationofemotionorsexualfeelingswasalsooftenproscribedsopeopleinsteadusedthelanguageofflowers.Howevertheyalsowroteexpliciterotica,perhapsthemostfamousbeingtheracytell-allMySecretLifebyHenrySpencerAshbee,whowroteunderthepseudonymWalter.3.peoplepursuedakindofnationalspirit,includingenthusiasm,self-respect,modestyandpatriotism.Alsohardwork,self-reliance,cleanliness,ThetermVictorianhasacquiredarangeofconnotations,includingthatofparticularlystrictsetofmoralstandards,whichareoftenappliedhypocritically.4.ThroughouttheVictorianEra,movementsforjustice,freedomandotherstrongmoralvaluesopposedgreed,exploitationandcynicism.ThewritingsofCharlesDickensinparticularobservedandrecordedtheseconditions.KarlMarxandFrederickEngelscarriedoutmuchoftheiranalysisofcapitalisminandasareactiontoVictorianBritain.In