We talked about
the Victorian Age in the course. This period was between 1830 and 1901.
Victoria was queen in this period and she had the longest reign in British
history. She was elegant and confident. Also, she was the first woman who wore
wedding dress. It is very surprising for me. She governed the country successfully
and the British Empire began to grow. British Empire expanded to Canada, Australia,
Singapore, South Africa, New Zealand, Kenya, India and Hong Kong. Therefore,
other countries said “The sun never sets on England” for British
Empire. Besides these improvements, they imported raw materials and exported
finished goods. British Empire was the wealthiest country in the world thanks
to them. Moreover, political and social reforms which included The Second Reform Act, Trade Union Act and The Third Reform Act. The women
began to vote. So, British Empire was the most brilliant period. Unlike these
good things; pollution increased because of industrialism, everywhere was unhygienic and
there was epidemic diseases like cholera, typhoid.
English Literature
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THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a poem which was written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1797-1798. It is one of the most striking examples of English Literature. It was written in Romantic Period. Therefore, it has romantic elements. Some of them are nature, strong human emotions, supernatural forces, sin and restoration.
Topic of the poem is experiences of a sailor. The
sailor goes to sea voyage and he experiences many events in this time. Firstly,
he and his sailor friends go to an area which is surrounded by ice. Because the area is ice, they can’t go to anywhere and they stay there. The while they see an
Albatross, the Mariner kills the Albatross by thinking bad chances for them.
But, the others think giving chances. After then, the area becomes so hot and
they become thirsty. They think that all bad things happen because of Albatross
dead. Then, all sailors die except for the Mariner. He survives and he becomes telling the story to people
on wedding ceremony.
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ROMANTICS
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WHY DID ROBINSON CRUSOE KEEP A DIARY?
He kept a diary because he wanted to write his experiences in the island. He wrote everything that he lived. The diary was both his friend and his past & future. He was busy with it. Sometimes he talked with it while there wasn't Friday, because he would need to talk with anyone. So, the diary was everything for him. May be, when he left from island, he wanted something which would remember his life in the island.
ROBINSON CRUSOE
How would you behave when you first met Friday if you were in Robinson's condition?
I want to answer this question. If I were Robinson, I would do the same thing because people want to communicate with someone. Especially, if you were alone in an island, you would need more one to comminicate. So, I would teach my language and I would be a friend with him. Besides, because I would need one who would help me, I would provide to obey me. And, I would think that leaving from the island was easier when we were together.
A MODEST PROPOSAL
It was
written by Jonathan Swift in 1729. He wrote this proposal in order to prevent
children in Ireland. He was towards the country because people in Ireland were
used slaves by English. He gave more suggestions to achieve this. When I first
heard, I was very shock because his suggestions were quite interesting. For
example, he supported that babies should be used nutrients. After they had
been grown up certain age, they can be killed and they can be used nutrients. So, economy of the country increases and babies provide this instead
of giving nutrients from other countries. Besides, this provides that parents
take fewer responsibilities because parents will have fewer children. Finally,
this provides that importance of women increases. Men care about women because
they have babies. As we have seen, his ideas are interesting but they provide to understand lacks of the country.
PARADISE LOST
Firstly,
I want to give some information about Paradise Lost. Then, I will talk about
why the God placed forbidden fruit in the Heaven.
Paradise
Lost is an epic poem. It was written by John Milton. It consists of 10 books.
It is about being expelled of Adam and Eve because of forbidden fruit. Satan
cheated on them in order to revenge from the God, and he achieved this.
Finally, Adam and Eve were expelled from the Heaven.
Why
did the God place forbidden fruit in the Heaven? I think, although the God knew
the result of this, the God wanted to test Adam and Eve. Also, The God wanted
to see whether he and she obey or disobey. Unfortunately, Adam and Eve were
deceived by Satan and they ate the forbidden fruit. So, the God saw that Adam
and Eve disobeyed. May be, the God created the world before existing Adam and Eve.
The God placed forbidden fruit deliberately in order to provide going of Adam
and Eve to the world. So, the God planned this.
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