What does it mean to act Victorian? I know Queen Victorian was not "Victorian" herself, how so? What does it mean to act Victorian and how did Queen Victoria not fit her description herself?
Thank you so much!
2006-10-01 20:11:47 · 6 answers · asked by chokingmeup 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Victorian women were always concerned about etiquette and being covered up. They wore high necked dresses, corsets, and hats. Their hair was pulled up and away (puffy on top of the head). You should watch the "The Age of Innocence", it summarizes the Victorian age in dress and character.
2006-10-01 20:22:24 · answer #1 · answered by lynnguys 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not sure what you mean? What country are you referring too-England or America?
She was the icon that cause that era. QV was not a beautiful woman and made up for it by being creative, artistic, classic and Pius. Fiercely religious and devoted to her husband (alive and dead) she actually reined from her home, not the castles in London. She was much more conservative than the woman of that period. Yet supportive to woman and as she could be, the hospitals and health care programs were a passion as much as the literature, music and artistic growth. [with that said] there is a common belief she lived twenty years with her lover from Scotland. ( great movie- Mrs. Brown) {its also thought to have a mild mental illness- several phobias including the fear to go outside}
Yet as Americans we took it to the next level. OUR Victorian area was memorialized by "the Gibson" girl Victorian look. Its incredible to see the entire world during that time frame.
2006-10-02 04:01:06 · answer #2 · answered by Denise W 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Victorian women acted very prim and proper. There were rules about everything, especially regarding courtship which had to be chaperoned. Watch the movie "Sense and Sensibility" for an idea.
2006-10-02 03:15:43 · answer #3 · answered by Rhonda 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i agree with other answers but there's much more to the Victorian era when it comes to women. it started roughly around 1830s and didn't end until WWI in 1914. there are two concepts that are used to describe women of that period:
angel in the house - a woman who is subordinated, cleans the house, cooks and cares for the kids, obeys her husband and never gets involved in business matters, doesn't ask anything about her husband's job etc. she is an angel who doesn't think, is prone to tears and irrational, and her husband is the god.
mad woman in the attic - a woman who is emancipated, a rebel who is interested in politics, law or business. she wants to be in charge of her own future. unfortunately, her husband, brother or father (or any other male relative) had the legal power. the men preferred women who were silent and "stupid", so the solution was to commit those women to institutions, i.e. to pronounce them mad. hence the name.
i suggest you read or watch "Jane Eyre", both concepts are present. also, search the net for "Gubar", it's the surname of a female literature theoretician who defined the two concepts listed above (i can't remember her first name). lectures in Vic. lit. were held by a male professor, so i don't think this theory is necessarily a feminist one :)
good luck!
2006-10-02 03:52:10 · answer #4 · answered by kitty-cat 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Queen Victoria was not "Victorian" because she loved making babies with her husband. Victorian women were supposed to be sexually cool, even frigid, who only gave in to their husband's animal lusts out of good christian charity.
2006-10-02 03:42:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Do you think I don't love you?
2006-10-02 03:13:39 · answer #6 · answered by blue.bios 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋