LITERATURE QUESTIONS
THE VICTORIAN NOVEL
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It was the theory that all persons could trace their origin to Adam.
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It believed that humans neither progressed nor regressed, but stayed the same throughout history-only technology changed.
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It was only applied to non-white, non-British persons.
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It was the fear of regression-if all humans had evolved from primitive forms, then we could potentially return to the primitive.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Atavism is the theory that some individual animals for some reason revert back to an earlier evolutionary type. In the case of humans, many behavioral scientists once believed that atavisms caused certain persons to revert in a major way, both physically and mentally, to their animal origins.
Detailed explanation-2: -In addition, the concept of atavism as part of an individualistic explanation of the causes of criminal deviance was popularised by the Italian criminologist Cesare Lombroso in the 1870s.
Detailed explanation-3: -atavism • -uh-viz-um • noun. 1 a : recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination b : recurrence of or reversion to a past style, manner, outlook, approach, or activity 2 : one that manifests atavism : throwback.
Detailed explanation-4: -The physical characteristics, such as flat noses, large lips, strong jawlines, and thick, coarse hair, were all attributed to a person’s propensity to commit crime because these characteristics were noted of persons who had already been convicted of crimes-specifically prisoners.