BBC's Victorian Slum House: Not Today!
The excellent “reality show” takes ordinary Londoners and drops them into a social re-creation of life in Dickens’ London. When you take notes, focus on two ideas: 1) how are the desire for compassion balanced with the need for survival; and 2) where do you see similarities in what’s portrayed in this show with Dickens’ depiction of life for Pip in the novel Great Expectations? These notes will be due Tuesday before class, on Canvas.
You will remember that we have already studied Victorian England in early March. As we move into some of the deeper social commentary that Dickens makes about life during this time, it might be good to review these articles that you should have already have read.