British Literature: The Victorian Age (1832-1901)

This movement applied scientific observation to promote social reform:

What is the conflict in thedramatic monologue "Life in a Love"?

What view of the world does the speaker of "Dover Beach"express?

Which lines from "To an Athlete Dying Young" suggestthat glory does not last?

Movement sought to portray human life realistically & appealed to the growing middle class.

Reference to a well-known character, place, or situation from history, music, art, literature.

the repetition of initialconsonant sounds used to emphasize words, reinforce meaning, etc

Words used by writers to create an emotional response; words appeal to one of the five senses

The aesthetic movement sprang from the preceding period ofBritish Literature

What kind of speaker wouldhave the opposite personality of the speaker in "Life in aLove?"

In Hard Times, whoare the "little pitchers" waiting to be filled with facts?

How do the sensory imagesin the first two stanzas of "Dover Beach" create mood?

The primary novelists of the time period include:

Why does Dickens haveGradgrind refer to Sissy Jupe as "girl number twenty"?

The primary poets of the time period include:

Repetition of the samestressed vowel & any succeeding sounds at the conclusion of poetic lines

The Victorian Age included the years:

The Victorians were NOT influenced by or DID NOT create these movements:

a writer reveals a character through his/her words, thoughts, and actions

Purpose of describing Gradgrind as a"cannon" who will blow his students"out of...childhood." 

Repetition of the same/similar vowel sounds in syllables that end with different consonants

From "Dover Beach," what conclusion can you draw about the Victorian's attitude about religion?

The primary genres of the Victorian Age were:

In Hard Times, on what principle is Thomas Gradgrind'steaching style based?

What emotional words doesArnold use in the passage about the "Sea of Faith" to create mood?

Repetition of consonant sounds at the end of nonrhyming words & proceded by unlike vowel sounds