1、magnificence and darkness-the victorian era,name: code：,contents,1,2,3,4,introduction,magnificence,darkness,conclusion,introduction,the victorian era took its name from queen alexandrina victoria,ranging from 1837 to 1901.it was the period that the british empire moved toward the top of the world. b

2、ut,actually,it was a peculiar and attractive era mixed with darkness and magnificence.,magnificence-territory and economic,on its top,its territorial area reached 34 million km2, the biggest empire throughout the history.,and,the british empire economy have accounted for 70% of the world.,magnificen

3、ce-literaure,aestheticism,female literature,critical realism,輸入文字,detective story,dickens,bronte sisters,wilde,conan doyle,thackeray,hardy,george eliot,magnificence-fashion,the victorian era lady was a vision of elegence and grace in beautiful clothing lavishly trimmed with frills,flounce,lace and r

4、ibbons.they created this appearance with a mysterious combination of magnificence and inconvenience.,magnificence-fashion,magnificence-fashion,magnificence-fashion,magnificence-fashion,1830,1900,hairstyle,1830,1900,hat,darkness-about women,the victorian era women s social status were low.they had no

5、 action right,voting right and property right.they were limited by victorian ethics,including magnificent clothing,asceticism and so on.,the harm of corset（束腰）,the angel in the house,man must be pleased; but him to please is womans pleasure; down the gulf of his condoled necessities she casts her be

6、st, she flings her breast . as grass grows taller round a stone.,the ideal wife,darkness-imperialism,when the middle and later period of the era,the country changed from laisser-faire capitalism to monopoly capitalism-imperialism.it invaded other countries and competed against other imperialist coun

7、tries.and then,finally,first world war broke out.,boer war,first opium war,darkness-imperialism,crimean war,anglo-afghan war,ww,darkness-class contradictions,at the early days of the era,state power moved from the decadent aristocracy to emerging middle class of industrial capitalists.but it hurt th

8、e working class.with the increasingly sharp class contradictions,the working class fight for their rights-chartism.,chartism（憲章運動）,and then,in after 20 years,the country,especially the middle class,formed the victorian ethics -conservative,rational and restrained.it eased the class conflict.,darknes

9、s-class contradictions,but at the end of the era,the victorian ethics just existed in name only.the upper class seemingly restrained and rational,inside filthy .the middle class were trapped in money worship and indulging themselves,not thrifty any more.and the life of bottom of society were in mess because of increasing gap between rich and poor.,jack the ripper,all the contradictions and problems lead to the decay of the empire at the end of the e