Victorian Short Essay -- English Literature

straight-laced ShortVictorian Short StoriesDiscuss the role of women as villains, dupes and heroes in aselection of Victorian short stories.In the 19th Century the only type of people who could read and writewere people in upper class families. Remembered for being such(prenominal) a classconscious society, the 19th century rarely ever mixed regarding theirstatus in the society, this was the greatest divide ever between naughtyand poor. As well as their being a division between rich and poor,there was also a division between the sexes. Women were automatically effrontery the lower status between men and women and they were seen aslower, less able people by men.Seeing as Victorian short stories were written in the 19th century,they follow through the theme of men being better than women. Alsoanother theme which was common in these stories were brutal murdersand obvious villains. around of the writers who wrote in those dayswrote for different reasons compared to reasons why writer s wrote inthe 20th century. Writers in the 20th century wrote to entertainrather than to instruct people. Famous writers such as Charles hellionwrote for moral obligation. He wrote to try and shame and instructrich people into helping the poor.I am going to look at trine different Victorian short stories and seehow women are portrayed. Are they the villain, the victim or the hero?The first story I have read is master copy Murderer. Captain Murdererwas written by Charles Dickens however, he did not invent this storyhe simply retold it. From the very start Dickens demonstrates how richpeople were always perceived to be better than the poorHis warning name would seem to have awakened no general bias against ... ...d this attracts negative attention just likethe name of the villain Captain Murderer in Captain Murderer.Bessie tries to conquer her status as victim by showing the villainsshe is not afraid of them..you cowardly villains I screamed at them through the door. Youthink you can frighten me. You ragamuffin thieves.Despite Bessie showing she is not going to be overruled the dangerincreases for her. Shifty Dick goes to an extreme measure when hetakes out a knife and starts to hack trough the thatch roof. Bessie ultimately surrenders her status as hero after all her brave and boldacts and flees the house into the darkness of the countrysideI saw the heavy, hairy hand of Shift Dick, gird with the knife,come through after the fallen fragments.. I lost courage at last..Imust trust to the night and the thick darkness, and save my life.