'AIC' - The Victorian Influence
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- The Victorian Influence
- charity
- 'Poor Law' was set up by Queen Elizabeth I to offer support to the poor
- Queen Victoria reformed this act as she believed the poor should work to earn their help
- this is why workhouses were set up
- people facing poverty worked in awful conditions so they could be worthy of being helped
- this is why workhouses were set up
- Queen Victoria reformed this act as she believed the poor should work to earn their help
- 'Poor Law' was set up by Queen Elizabeth I to offer support to the poor
- the poor
- 'deserving poor'
- the poor had to be judged for their worth
- they could be helped if deemed moral
- the poor had to be judged for their worth
- those who offered charity were believed to be socially and morally superior
- seen as impressive
- 'deserving poor'
- women
- 'fallen women' e.g. prostitues, mistresses and adulterers
- women who lost their innocence and fallen from the grace of God
- these women were condemned and ostracised by society
- 'fallen women' e.g. prostitues, mistresses and adulterers
- hierarchy
- strict rules
- a lot of Victorian morals were taken from the Bible
- interpretations was more harsh and extreme
- your role in the hierarchy was determined by what expectations you should fulfull
- included honesty, cleanliness, sexual restraint and politeness
- a lot of Victorian morals were taken from the Bible
- strict rules
- repression
- a side affect of restraint was a great deal of hypocrisy
- brothels and opium dens of Victorian London thrived
- sinful activities
- upper class men usually lived a 'double life'
- we see evidence of this double life in 'AIC' e.g. Eric and Gerald going to brothels
- charity
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