Essays about: "aristocracy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the word aristocracy.

  1. 1. “Human Spiders”: Intellectual Observers, Degeneration and Darwinism in H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska

    Author : Maja Loberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Degeneration; Fin de Siècle; Literature; Darwinism; H.G. Wells; The Time Machine; Intellectual Observer; Victorian literature; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : H.G. Wells’ novella The Time Machine (1895) tells the story of The Time Traveller who travels to the year 802,701. There, he encounters two evolutionary progressions of humanity. READ MORE

  3. 2. ‘One Dress – One Nation!’ : The societal implications of King Gustav III’s National Costume in late eighteenth-century Swedish Court Society

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Modevetenskap

    Author : Raoul Christian Carlos; [2021]
    Keywords : Gustav III; King Gustav III of Sweden; National Costume; Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotta; Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotta s Diary; Court Society; Gustavian Court; Early Modernity; Early Modern Period; Dress History; Fashion Studies; Nationella Dräkten; Reflexioner; Kung Gustav III av Sverige; Gustav III; Hedvig Elisabeth Charlottas Dagbok; Svenska Adel; Kungahuset; Dräkthistoria;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the societal implications of Gustav III’s national costume in the context of Swedish court society during the late eighteenth century. With the aims of uncovering King Gustav III’s view of the National Costume and its role in Swedish court society, as well as how we can understand the National Costume’s meaning for the aristocracy in late eighteenth-century Sweden, this thesis presents a post-structural textual analysis of Gustav III’s (1806) REFLEXIONER, angående en ny nationel klädedrägt (Reflections concerning a new national costume) in order to uncover King Gustav III’s perception of and ideology behind the national costume. READ MORE

  4. 3. Conflict Discourse in Television Series – The Functions and Uses of Silence in Relation to Social Class

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Linnea Elin Andersson; [2020-04-30]
    Keywords : engelska; silence; television; conflict management strategies; conflict; conversation; turn-taking; communication; avoidance; confrontation; conversation analysis; qualitative research;

    Abstract : This study paper investigates the correlation between social class and the use of silence in conflict discourse, by comparing the interactional style and turn-taking behaviour in two television series representing the upper and lower class. To this end, the study analyses conflict conversations inThe Crown (UK) andShameless (US) to show how in both scripts writers use specific linguistic elements to represent how these social classes are depicted in media. READ MORE

  5. 4. Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy : An analysis of race, prejudice, and class in the Harry Potter novels.

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Konstantina Kalogeropoulou; [2020]
    Keywords : J.K. Rowling; Harry Potter; Draco Malfoy; Prejudice; Race; Racism; Good vs. Evil; Critical Race Theory; J. K. Rowling; Harry Potter; Draco Malfoy; Fördom; Ras; Rasism; Gott mot Ont; Critical Race Theory;

    Abstract : This essay explores how in the Harry Potter series, J. K. Rowling's magical heroes function asparadigms whose roles reflect on issues of race, prejudice and racism. Those issues include goodand evil, socialism and aristocracy, purity and impurity, freedom and indebtedness. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Amazon Archers of England : Longbows, gender and English nationalism 1780–1845

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Henrik Arnstad; [2019]
    Keywords : nationalism; gender; national identity; archery; longbow; warbow; women’s history; feminism; England; Britain; Robin Hood; Maid Marian; nineteenth century;

    Abstract : In the 1780s the medieval weapon of war; the English longbow, enjoyed a renaissance, as historical archery became a fashionable recreation among the English aristocracy. Later, during 1819-1845, longbow archery developed into a mass movement, as it spread downwards in the English class system, into the bourgeoning middle class. READ MORE