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Introductory Notes Enriched English Mrs. Ogden. Introduction Notes Enriched English Mrs. Ogden. http://www.victorianweb.org/vn/victor4.html. Why is it called the Victorian Era?. Queen Victoria. What events were taking place during this era?. The Industrial Revolution.

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  1. Introductory Notes Enriched English Mrs. Ogden Introduction Notes Enriched English Mrs. Ogden http://www.victorianweb.org/vn/victor4.html

  2. Why is it called the Victorian Era?

  3. Queen Victoria

  4. What events were taking place during this era?

  5. The Industrial Revolution Steam power is used for boats and trains! Factories emerge Hand made materials are now made by power-driven machines! Child labor!

  6. Authors of the Victorian Era

  7. The Bronte Sisters Charlotte Bronte = Jane Eyre Emily Bronte = Wuthering Heights Alfred Tennyson= Poet

  8. Who was Charlotte Bronte? -When was she born? -Who were her parents? -What was Charlotte’s occupation? -What was the name of the first piece of writing to be published for the Bronte sisters? What names were they published under? -Who did Charlotte marry? -In what year did Charlotte die? Why do you think Charlotte and her sisters used pseudonyms?

  9. Social Classes of the Victorian Era.

  10. Lower Class

  11. Domestic Servants • Seamstress • Washerwomen • Factory workers

  12. Middle Class

  13. Middle Class Men: Doctors, lawyers etc. Middle Class Women: Governess

  14. What is a Governess? • What did a governess do? • Which classes held this position? • How was the job of governess viewed by society? • How did a governess’ students treat her?

  15. Upper Class

  16. What were women’ rights? • http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/agunn/teaching/enl3251/vf/pres/ziegenfuss.htm • Read this page and be ready to answer questions and discuss as a class.

  17. Women’s Suffrage This woman looks like she is being escorted by policemen. She most likely is being obtained for fighting for women’s rights.

  18. How does this relate to the novel, Jane Eyre?

  19. “Millions are condemned to a stiller doom than mine, and millions are in silent revolt against their lot. . .they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation . . .” — Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre. What do you think this quote means?

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