Key Context Flashcards
1
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Workhouses and The Poor Laws
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Criticism of politics and the status quo
1834 all able umeployed enter workhouse
Basic food - some UC believed poverty is a choice
2
Q
Thomas Malthus
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Economist - poverty is inevitable - not enough food / resources
3
Q
Context
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Thomas Malthusian economics
Moses+Isrealites 10 commandments
Industrial Revolution
Poor law
Christianity
4
Q
Common Motifs
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Values of honesty , virtue , integrity
Absence of light = absence of morality
Light+dark=struggle of man’s soul between good and evil
Light=joy/redemption/hope/Christian values
