Hello everybody,
Considering the fact that Industrialization was forcing people to change their ways of living, I could say that that was expressed in the beginning of the film where the guy started to act madly because of the amount of time he had to work. That's one of the things that happened in London where poor people who used to live in the outskirts of the city travel to it, thanks to the train invention, to find better opportunities and instead found themselves transformed in the worked social class.
Also, it brought new requirements to get a job, for instance, people had to acquire new knowledge about the inventions. This part could be represented by the scene where the main character got mad and the employee in charge of the machines was trying to put the buttons in the right position while he was messing around with them. Moreover, the inventions produced changes in the language because they were needing new words to refer to them.
Cheers!
"La Vale"
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Saturday, November 7, 2009
My understanding of Elizabeth's reign
Hello everybody,
After watching the film I got a little confused with so many characters. However, as we discussed it during classes, now I really can see how much Elizabeth has impacted England, the world, and the forthcoming Victorian times in so many different ways. For instance, when Spain (Phillip) wanted to kill the Queen and fight against England, Elizabeth had to act very quickly but wisely, so she asked to release the prisoners because they were part of England as well as the other people, and she also asked the peasant people to stop worrying about the crops because serving during the war was going to be more helpful for the country.
The main difference that England had with Spain was about Religion. England was governed by a Protestant Queen while Phillip from Spain was Catholic. So for him the Queen was the darkness while he was the light that had to make the "bastard" pay with her blood.
Being called "The Virgin Queen", Elizabeth used to be considered as a saint that could bless the babies. So even if that proved she wasn't married and childless, she said she was the mother of England.
In my opinion, I think her perfomance as Queen and woman was outstanding. Without her the Anglican religion couldn't have antecendents. And most important at all, she showed the relevance of freedom to express people's beliefs.
Have a nice day,
"La Vale"
After watching the film I got a little confused with so many characters. However, as we discussed it during classes, now I really can see how much Elizabeth has impacted England, the world, and the forthcoming Victorian times in so many different ways. For instance, when Spain (Phillip) wanted to kill the Queen and fight against England, Elizabeth had to act very quickly but wisely, so she asked to release the prisoners because they were part of England as well as the other people, and she also asked the peasant people to stop worrying about the crops because serving during the war was going to be more helpful for the country.
The main difference that England had with Spain was about Religion. England was governed by a Protestant Queen while Phillip from Spain was Catholic. So for him the Queen was the darkness while he was the light that had to make the "bastard" pay with her blood.
Being called "The Virgin Queen", Elizabeth used to be considered as a saint that could bless the babies. So even if that proved she wasn't married and childless, she said she was the mother of England.
In my opinion, I think her perfomance as Queen and woman was outstanding. Without her the Anglican religion couldn't have antecendents. And most important at all, she showed the relevance of freedom to express people's beliefs.
Have a nice day,
"La Vale"
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