Social Struggles and the Depiction of Evil in Victorian Realism Novels
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Due to the development and spread of printing technology since the late 18th century, the form of the novel rose as a popular means to portray what life was like. Victorian writers, such as Charles Dickens, William Thackeray, George Eliot, Elizabeth Gaskell, William Butler and Charlotte Brontë, witnessed radical changes in the society - the dark jungle of social irrational absurdities and evils. It is natural that their writings critically reflected the harsh reality of the times, played a crucial role in enlightening the people about the reality, and contributed to dissolving the social problems. In particular, the corruption of Christianity, the introduction of Darwin’s evolutionary theory, and the development of industry are all related with those progressive or negative changes. People could gain new positive visions through education, enlightening projects, and other means, despites the undesirable problems – religious absurdities, sex discrimination or gender inequality, child labor and abuse, class struggles, unsanitary labor conditions and others. Eventually, it can be said that while the Victorian realism novels revealed the social injustice, inequality, and conflicts internalized in the society for centuries, they could work as the medium to dissolve the social evils.
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Due to the development and spread of printing technology since the late 18th century, the form of the novel rose as a popular means to portray what life was like. Victorian writers, such as Charles Dickens, William Thackeray, George Eliot, Elizabeth Gaskell, William Butler and Charlotte Brontë, witnessed radical changes in the society - the dark jungle of social irrational absurdities and evils. It is natural that their writings critically reflected the harsh reality of the times, played a crucial role in enlightening the people about the reality, and contributed to dissolving the social problems. In particular, the corruption of Christianity, the introduction of Darwin’s evolutionary theory, and the development of industry are all related with those progressive or negative changes. People could gain new positive visions through education, enlightening projects, and other means, despites the undesirable problems – religious absurdities, sex discrimination or gender inequality, child labor and abuse, class struggles, unsanitary labor conditions and others. Eventually, it can be said that while the Victorian realism novels revealed the social injustice, inequality, and conflicts internalized in the society for centuries, they could work as the medium to dissolve the social evils.
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