Understanding how Eliot presents London in 'In a London Drawingroom'
I can explain how Eliot presents the industrialisation of London in 'In a London Drawingroom'.
Understanding how Eliot presents London in 'In a London Drawingroom'
I can explain how Eliot presents the industrialisation of London in 'In a London Drawingroom'.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Arguably, Eliot wrote under a pseudonym because she wanted to be seen as saying something important about society.
- Eliot often wrote about rural life and the disparity between the poor and the rich.
- Eliot would likely have critiqued the Industrial Revolution for the shift away from nature and the working conditions.
- The perspective of the poem could be a critique of the upper classes during the Industrial Revolution.
- The poem suggests that the Industrial Revolution harmed nature and lead to oppression.
Keywords
Industrialisation - the process of transforming the economy from a focus on agriculture to a reliance on manufacturing.
Trivial - of little value or importance.
Obscured - unclear and difficult to understand or see.
Perspective - refers to the position from which something is viewed.
Oppressive - a situation in which people are governed in an unfair and cruel way.
Common misconception
That we should consider imagery at literal, face value.
While considering the literal meaning is good for our understanding, we want to move beyond that to consider what a quotation or image symbolises and what it is saying about the wider ideas in the poem.
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