LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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Mill’s “On Liberty"
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Tennyson’s “In memoriam"
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Darwin’s “Origin of Species"
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Carlyle’s “Sartor Resartus”
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Detailed explanation-1: -Tennyson’s In Memoriam is both a personal elegy for the death of his friend Arthur Hallam in 1833, as well as an expression of cosmic and universal grief. Hallam’s death became a catalyst in the poem for wider reflection on the destabilising scientific and industrial changes of the Victorian era.
Detailed explanation-2: -Also during the Victorian Era, the influence of literature became more prevalent in society as reading evolved into a social pastime indicated by the increasing literacy rate. At the era’s beginning in 1837, it is estimated that approximately half of the adult male population was literate to a certain degree.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lord Alfred Tennyson as Truly Prolific Poet of The Victorian Age (1830-1901) Often regarded as the representative of his age, Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) is one of the most prolific poets of the Victorian Age. He was appointed as the Poet Laureate after Wordsworth in 1850.
Detailed explanation-4: -Various characteristics of the Victorian age could be seen in the works of Tennyson. The age was an age of democratic spirit and common people were fighting for their equal rights and political freedom. Tennyson himself belonged to the upper middle class and could not go beyond the limitations of his middle class.