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The invention of the atomic bomb, of the psychology and of new communications and faster means of transport changed the world forever.
Of this crucial period were the fundamental discovers of some scientists as Sigmund Freud, Henry Bergson, Albert Einstein and the theories of the philosopher Nietzsche.
Freud published in 1900 his most famous wor
The term Commonwealth was used by the reformers to denote the form of government they wished to estabilish. The Commonwealth Republic that was created lasted from the execution of Charles I in 1649 to the restoration of the king (Charles II) in 1660. During this period England was subjected to the severe rule of the Puritans whose religious spirit would
➢ Queen Victoria
When King William IV died, he was succeeded by his niece Victoria, who was only 18. She became soon very popular because of her strong sense of duty and her simplicity.
The constitution under Queen Victoria did not differ from the one we know today.
Her inexperience facilitated the British two-party system. The reign was pol
-The Ten-Hours Act, which limited the working hours to ten a day;
-Several Mines Acts, that regulated the employment of children and women;
-Factory Act, which forbad to assume anyone under 14, for a full-time job;
-Education Act provided a system of state primary schools;
-The Emancipation of All Religion sects, by which Catholics were
Chapter II
The book and the movie have various minor differences in the plots. Both the book and the movie narrate the story “somewhere in Europe, circa 1972”3 of a teenager named Alex (later we will understand the choice of this name instead of another one). He commits various crimes such as robberies and rapes and ends his criminal car
The Novel
The Victorian era was the great age of the English novel—realistic, thickly plotted, crowded with characters, and long. It was the ideal form to describe contemporary life and to entertain the middle class. The novels of Charles Dickens, full to overflowing with drama, humor, and an endless variety of vivid characters and plot complic
- one was a reaction epitomized by the moral teachings of Carlyle and the social novels of Dickens
the other was a withdrawal into contemplation and concern with art and beauty - an attitude epitomized by the Pre-Raphaelite Movement Aestheticism and Decadence.
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Date and text
Due to significant evidence of later revisions, Macbeth cannot be precisely dated. Many scholars believe the most likely date of composition is between 1603 and 1606.[2] They suggest the play is unlikely to be earlier than 1603 given that it seems designed to celebrate King James's ancestors and the Stuart accession to the throne in 1