Prof. Victor Kennedy
British Novel of the 19th degree Celsius
25 November 2009
Comparison between straight-laced wo men and modern one
The Victorian succession of the United Kingdom was the period of Queen Victorias reign from June 1837 until her death on the 22nd of January 1901. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_era) It is important to know that the name Victorian maam comes from queen Victoria and her era. In this essay I will discuss the difference between Victorian lady and today´s women. The mayor women characters´ that represent Victorian lady in Stoker´s novel be mina Harker and Lucy Westenra. My focus will be on Mina Harker.
In Victorian era it was considerable women to be obedient and men was the one who had the power over women. Women were considered to be pure and clean. Their chief(prenominal) work was to be a good mother and wife. Today, women are more independent of their husband and take care for their cause careers. John Ruskin describes the common belief of the Victorians on the situation of the sexes when he says that mans power is active, progressive, defensive...the womans power is for sweet ordering, arrangement, and decision... [she is] incapable of error (Appendix 473-474). (http://victorianfiction.suite101.com/article.
cfm/gender_relations_in_bram_stokers_dracula)
Women wore bandaging corsets, high-heeled boots, ankle-length skirts and long sleeved shirts with jackets. (http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~ulrich/femhist/travel.shtml) Today, that kind of dressing is popular between punk and gothic women. The resemblance between Victorian women from 19. century and punk and gothic women from today is similar. Punk and gothic women in any case adore corsets and long sleeved shirts with jackets.
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