However, in the nineteenth-century setting in which Henrik Ibsen set his play, "A Doll's House," marriage was an institution with strict social standards of the roles for both men and women. ... Women in the nineteenth century were expected to live as dependents, first as daughters, and later in life as wives. ... This quote demonstrates to the audience the transition between dependent roles of nineteenth century women, who were allowed few opportunities to live independently of men, with professional choices limited to the textile arts, such as knitting and embroidery. ... Although accor...

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But in the nineteenth-century south, people are thinking that they were more violent than others can imagine. ... Around the beginning of the nineteenth century, men sought out original names to replace boxing as their brutal sport. ...

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Some of the nineteenth century novels that have been written by female writers focus on the development of women in a patriarchal society. ... Published in 1847, the novel faced a lot of social criticism as Bronte challenges the 19th century idea of a women and creates the character of Jane who demands respect, wants to work , is bold and shows the act of passion. ...

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A nineteenth century based novel, Paradise Lane, introduces two very memorable characters and their romance through hard times. ... In spite of this the story, it provides a look into mid nineteenth century life with two different back rounds. ...

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During the period of the early nineteenth century, farmers lost their economic independence and that became the beginning of the Populist Movement. And then the populist movement politically oriented coalition of agrarian reformers in the Middle West and South that advocated a wide range of economic and political legislation in the late 19th century. ... In early nineteenth, the farmer worked hard, but got less income. ...

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In what ways does the Industrial Revolution affect the opportunities and constraints in women's lives in the 19th century? In the 19th century women were expected to live in the home and be constrained to the affairs of the household and family (children, her husband). ... There is one thing you must know, that women were never happy with these roles and throughout the 19th century women fought and struggled to be seen as equals. ... Nineteenth-century middle-class moralists placed the family upon a podium to illustrate a healthy society. ... As we venture more i...

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Between the end of the Civil War and the early twentieth century, the United States underwent one of the most rapid and profound economic revolutions any country has ever experienced1. It has to be noticed that the United States has a greatly expanding economy in 19 centuries due to the industrialization. ... Americans of the late nineteenth century marveled at the triumph of the new economy.... Perhaps the greatest physical feat of 19th century America was the creation of the transcontinental railroad. ... Americans of the late nineteenth century marveled at the triumph of the new economy....

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Throughout the 19th century, Europe went through the Second Industrial Revolution. ... " Advancements made during the 19th century transitioned into the 20th century and developed even more. ... The mid nineteenth century was the period of the Second Industrial Revolution. A 20 year old living in Europe in 1850 would have gone through a century of new and amazing breakthroughs and advancements. ... The advancements of the Second Industrial Revolution in the 19th century caused the cultural explosion in the 20th century that expanded even more and can be seen as a very good thing in the 21...

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Book Description Concerned for her family's financial welfare and eager to expand her own horizons, Agnes Grey takes up the position of governess, the only respectable employment for an unmarried woman in the nineteenth century. ... This is the personal story of 19th century Englishwoman Agnes Grey. ...

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upon hearing of her husband's death reflects the attitude of many nineteenth century women. ... These feelings were common in the late nineteenth century because women had few alternatives to marriage. ...

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Describe law and order in London in the late nineteenth century. ... As Britain's population gradually increased during the 19th century, so did the number of crimes that were committed. ... By the late 19th century, there was a greater amount of police present in London. ... The judges on the court cases also had very limited choices when it came to punishments during the 19th century. ... By the mid 19th century, people started to believe that public executions were encouraging crime in London. ...

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Tess of the d"Urbervilles is a novel that reflects values of nineteenth century England, specifically during the Victorian Age. ... These double standards were acceptable in the 19th century but Hardy appears to criticize the way Tess is treated. ... He rebels against the typecasting of Christianity as virtuous, which was common in the 19th century, and instead casts it in the role of a villain. ... The way Hardy reflects values in Tess of the d"Urbervilles was controversial and revolutionary in the 19th century. ...

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Nineteenth century American women were expected to find their strength and meaning of self in their submissive state and in their dedication to home and family. ... In the process of writing The Awakening, Chopin uses her life experiences along with the repressive social status of women during the turn of the century to illustrate the sacrifices that Edna Pontellier had to make to overcome the conventional roles of a mother. ... Her poems, short stories and novels permitted her not only to emphasize her beliefs for herself, but also question the ideas of individuality and autonomy during th...

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Foucault claimed that sexual categories such as "homosexual" did not exist until the late nineteenth century when doctors and scientists invented them as they sought to understand sexuality. ... However, the introduction of lexis for "perversions" created specific groups, "The sodomite was a recidivist, but the homosexual is now a species the homosexual of the 19th century became a person: a past, a history and an adolescence, a personality, a life style; also a morphology, with an indiscreet anatomy and possibly a mystical physiology. ... Scnitzler like Freud, conducted explorations into p...

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I arrived in the United States in the late 19th century. ... "Europe had experienced tremendous population growth during the nineteenth century, creating gaps between the number of workers and the number of jobs" (Schultz, 2012, p. 305). ...

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