Chaplins character is a proletarian, a man defined by his labour in much the same way as a machine. ... His dual role of Flaneur and proletarian are represented in his directorial choice of images and dialogue as well as the unique physical style of his "little tramp". ... Its only fitting then that Chaplins filmic "physiologies" of the big city be carried out in silence. ... Moments like these provoke comparison with "The Man In The Crowd", Edgar Alan Poes famous tale of a detective following the trail of an unknown Flaneur through the streets of London. ... A man who came from the working cl...

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• Grade Level: High School

"For the philosophes the concept of predestination suggested that the fate of the human soul after death bore little or no relationship to virtuous living" (734). ... Families also moved from rural areas into big bustling cities. ... All of this changed when the man moved into the world of manufacturing and left woman behind. ... "Women became to be associated with domestic duties such as housekeeping, food preparation, child rearing and nurturing, and household management" and "the man became associated almost exclusively with breadwinning." ... They are still told by some men that it is ok t...

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• Grade Level: High School

These changes made big differences to many people's lives and work. ... No other revolution in modern times can be said to have gifted so much in so little time. The Industrial Revolution attempted to affect man's mastery over nature. ... Before the invention of steam-engines, wind mills and water wheels were used for powering big machinary. ... No one see this more clearly than John Wilkinson, a man with a total belief in iron. ...

• Word Count: 1979
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

After reading further into "The Jungle," and completing some research, I have come to make some brief points of how accurate the book is. The facts I came to find were very similar to what I found in my research of the conditions workers faces during this period. Upton Sinclair p...

• Word Count: 1951
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

At Lowell, Massachusetts, the construction of a big cotton mill began in 1821. ... These successes led to big increases in union membership. ... There was little that the trainmen could do about the wage decreases. ... Then, in 1877, four big railroads announced that they were going to decrease wages another 10 percent. ...

• Word Count: 5491
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• Grade Level: High School