LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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Men, women, and children worked long hours in terrible conditions.
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Reform is a common theme in Victorian literature.
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Literature was often a reflection or a response to historical events and social conditions.
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People have a strong faith in religion.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Throughout the 19th century England was a Christian country. The only substantial non-Christian faith was Judaism: the number of Jews in Britain rose from 60, 000 in 1880 to 300, 000 by 1914, as a result of migrants escaping persecution in Russia and eastern Europe.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Victorian Era was a time of vast political reform and social change, the Industrial Revolution, authors Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin, a railway and shipping boom, profound scientific discovery and the first telephone and telegraph.
Detailed explanation-3: -Most Victorian Britons were Christian. The Anglican churches of England, Wales, and Ireland were the state churches (of which the monarch was the nominal head) and dominated the religious landscape (even though the majority of Welsh and Irish people were members of other churches).
Detailed explanation-4: -Victorian morality and virtues were governed by religious thoughts and teachings. Through their sermons on faith, the clergy were able to spread the “Word of God” to followers. They had the responsibility of engaging their congregations in prayer and service.