In this document there are two spider diagrams looking at the context of two periods, zooming into contextual aspects of conflict, the individual and society. All fo the context is for prose and poetry context and can be used for CIE A-level English Literature or Eduqas A-level English Literature. ...
The divide between men
Religion charac
and women; separate
Split into 3 main social era
spheres
classes: lower, middle and The main belief
superiority of men, women
upper Christianity; the
existed for the pleasure of
70-80% of the population was Social injustice and England was est
men
working class discrimination towards lower and was a centr
Homosexuality was illegal;
The upper class had greatest class the religious lan
for men but not for women
control and was split: royal,
middle upper and lower upper
RELIGION
CLASS GENDER AND SEX
IMPERIA
‘The Victorian era was known as the era of
materialism and individualism in which the
‘Society exists only
luxurious life of the rich was depicted
as a mental concept; SOCIETY
clearly, and self-importance was on top of
in the real world CRITICAL COMMENTS -
everything and that resulted in the ignorance
there are only SOCIETY
of the poor’s lives’ Hoa
individuals’ Oscar
Wilde
Those who belonged to the upper class lived
wealthily and irresponsibly; whereas local CRITICAL COMMENTS - LATE
‘respectable middle-
class women in
citizens lived in misery.’ Hoa
CONFLICT
VICTORIAN
particular were proud
‘There was a sexual double standard; gender
of how little they
was considered to be biologically based and to
knew about their CRITICAL COMMENTS -
be determinative of almost every aspect of an
own bodies and THE INDIVIDUAL
individual’s potential and character.’ CONFLICT
childbirth’
Steinbach
Steinbach
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