... middle classes than in higher circles. To the latter, chastity was the most important virtue an unmarried woman could possess. To the lower classes, respectability was defined in more flexible terms. The loss of chastity did not always deny a woman friendship or compassion; instead, she was judged on other qualities. Each class also had different ideas about the monarchy. The upper classes expected the royal family to hold high ... for their expressions of cordial attachment. Women of all ages and ranks united to use the ideals of virtue and domesticity (once forced upon them), in their...

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... Bleak House, though it seems far from the time in which the novel was born. The 1850's saw the staging of the Great Exhibition, an event through which England could boast, according to the Times, "of that day when all ages and climes shall be gathered round the throne of the maker" (Schlicke, p48). Dickens was ... the point of view of these lower middle-class characters has so developed that they are able to reach away from severilty and subjection towards wealth and attainment. The portrayal of Mr Rouncewell's success, embodied in the great power that lies behind the steam of his early t...

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... machines. • Women excluded from many good or responsible jobs - idea grows that women cannot work as effectively as men. • Teaching and later nursing were open to some lower middle class women. • Some working class women continued to have to work, but even in that class many begin to stay at home. • If they do work it was ... they even dared to pay them with vouchers that were good for their own stores, where prices were very high. Men got 10 to 15 shillings per week, women got 5 shillings per week, and the children got a measly 1 shilling per week. In Britain in the 1830and 184...

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... or part of society they live in. We know that 'the male age-crime curve suggests that offending is concentrated among men in the 11-25 age range' (Ray, 2011:85). As the offending period is between these two ages, it also coincides with the fact that this is also the start of the age where boys will go through puberty, experience changes to their body ... with masculinity as men promote violence in order to show their 'manhood'; consistently proving that this is the most fulfilling way to demonstrate themselves. In terms of social status, white, middle classed men often show th...

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