Victorians were complicated people with somewhat similar views on life as many people today. They were concerned about manners, morals, and money. To be proper was everything. Men wanted to be thought of as Gentlemen and ladies wanted to be "Lady-Like", meaning they were to respect their husbands, and never show any indecency towards men or each other. Appearance was everything to these people. The better you looked (i.e. how expensive your clothes were) the better you were treated during the Victorian Era. The plot of most Victorian novels centered on "struggles of a main character to find self knowledge". People's relationships to society was more important then anything else.

Quite possibly the most obvious example of Anti-Victorian sentiment in th

Emma is a very weak person. She thinks she knows what she wants and then turns around the next day wanting something completely different. She longs to be something she is not and can never be happy with what she is. This in my eyes is very Anti-Victorian. Most people back then had their own social "class' they ranked in. People were content to live out their lives in their social class, not every really worrying about making it to the next step up. The lower class knew they had more important things to worry about then their wealth, such as their love for their family (example: Heathcliffe in Wuthering Heights loved Catherine and was content with living out the rest of his life with her, regardless of how much money they had). Every one knew their place in society. But Emma is definetly not the same way. Her whole life was based on her wishes about being better then she was. Nothing was every good enough for her. Nothing would ever truly make her feel good about her life or who she was. Even the birth of a child did not make her life any happier. She quickly lost interest in her daughter Birthe, and went back to focusing on her needs for more, more, more.

Not only does the main character Emma have Anti-Victorian sentiments, but the men in the novel do also. Victorian gentlemen are according to "The Idea of A University" one's who would never inflict pain on another, he would never take advantage of another person for personal gain, nor would he turn down another in times of need. It is very obvious tha

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