LITERATURE QUESTIONS
THE VICTORIAN NOVEL
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Husbands and wives had distinct, but complementary, functions to perform. Women were involved in the work of the household-care of the children, sewing, cooking, and cleaning. Men earned the money to purchase goods needed by their households and debated matters of public concern.
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The middle-class actually maintained two different houses, one for all the women and one for the men, much like they did in ancient Greece.
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Separate spheres were created to protect women and men from divorce; it meant that they rarely saw one another or spoke, so that disagreements were minimized.
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Men were encouraged to go to war or to sea, while women were encouraged to work in the factories and take up the slack of the absent men. Women gained new powers and equality from working in separate spheres.
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Detailed explanation-1: -He produced Oliver Twist (1837), Nicholas Nickleby (1839), Christmas Carol (1844), Bleak House (1853), Hard Times (1854) and Great Expectations (1860-1). He died in London in 1870.
Detailed explanation-2: -Victorians believed that a woman’s proper and only place was to be within a household environment. The women were expected to marry, have children, and keep a nice household. Those were the only acceptable roles for women during that era.
Detailed explanation-3: -Dickens was immensely popular during his time. His novels had all the features that the Victorian readers wanted-melodrama, pathos, sensation, sentiment and romance. But he transcended these qualities by his creative vitality and humour.
Detailed explanation-4: -Women in the Victorian society had one main role in life, which was to marry and take part in their husbands’ interests and business. Before marriage, they would learn housewife skills such as weaving, cooking, washing, and cleaning, unless they were of a wealthy family.