Motivation to change comes through many means. In regards to political and social change, it comes with not only resistance but polarized opposition. There is evidence of this throughout history. Today, people arguably have more social liberties than ever before. However, people continue to fight for more freedoms as they have for centuries. In Victorian England, power between the monarchy, the prime minister, parliament, and the people was still trying to find balance. Additionally, with education and communication more widespread than ever before, larger social groups were able to organize and discuss what political rights they wanted, including more voting power.

By the end of the Napoleonic wars, famine, poor economy and a lack of suffrage in England provoked thousands of citizens towards political radicalism. In response, the Manchester Patriotic Union, who frequently advocated for Parliamentary reform, organized a protest. On august 16th, 1819 at St Peter's Field in...

Post-colonialism refers to the effects on any given culture after their civilization has been colonized by a separate cultural group. Throughout history, England has been known to colonize many parts of the world in order to benefit from unique resources. In the Victorian era, England had few rivals and insignificant competition for maintaining strongholds in many parts of the world since Napoleon had been defeated. England held land and processed resources as if it were part of England in parts of Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Americas. Though England is proportionally a small country, the British people relied on the resources from their colonies for generations. In addition, they contributed these resources to the “cultural colonization” of their lands as well.

One of the primary colonies of England during the Victorian era was western and southern India. However, the year 1876 began with a failed monsoon and as a result, a famine that lasted three years. Due to their...

In Vicotrian era Britain, people were coming to recognize the importance of science and psychology. Though England at the time was filled with deep thinkers, writers, and philosophers, only a few pioneers began to dedcate themselves to the study and observation of the sciences.George Henry Lewes was one such man who began as a philosopher who developed theorys regarding people's health, specifically, thier mental health. Throughout the early part of the Nineteenth-Century, Lewesbegan tests and studies using live animals to experiment nervous systems and refelxes. As he became busy with biological work, he kept refering back to his background in philosophy. 

In the 1840s, Lewes began to publish a series of books titled Problems of Life and Mind. In his books, he became one of the first scientists to make a connection that broke ground for future psychology. His theory was called Scientific Psychology: an idea which is founded on the combination...

In 1848, a group of artists who were inspired by the theories of John Ruskin banded together to create the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. The name came about because the Royal Acadamy at the time was heavily interested in the work of Raphael. This meant that rather than a focus on balance and perfect artistry, the Pre-Raphaelites were interested in making art (and literature) with as heavy an emphasis on realism as they could. Originally, the principle members of the brotherhood included William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, and Dante Gabriel Rosetti. The original society in 1848 did contain one author, and as the movement gained traction by 1860, more painters and authors joined the movement including Christina Rosetti, author of "Goblin Market." 

The group was also opposed to the interest in 'genre painting,' and prefered to focus on more trancendental subjects. Much of their work is religious, but they were also inspired by literature and poetry. One of the most famous...