Charles Dickens novel "Our Mutual Friend" demonstrates his argument in favor of marriage for this factor rather than status, class, education, or wealth. He supports the modern reason for marriage.
What is marriage for love?
100
Jenny Wren and Sloppy are examples of two characters who are considered low class for having this.
What is disability?
100
This person was the money lender and used Riah as his puppet in "Our Mutual Friend."
Who is Mr. Fledgeby?
100
The Victorian Era was named after this 19th-century English ruler.
Who was Queen Victoria?
100
Wrayburn wanted to get this for Lizzie so that she could improve her level of education and therefore be a suitable wife for him, according to societal standards.
What is a tutor?
200
This common form of Victorian marriage, as seen with Bella Wilfer's initial rejection of John Rokesmith, showed that women during this time sought companionship rather than love.
What is familiar marriage?
200
This specific disability keeps Sloppy from being of higher class and causes society to look down on him.
What is mental disability?
200
This was the problem that people had with getting loans from money lenders in Victorian London.
What are high interest rates?
200
This is another name for the Victorian Era in England.
What is Age of Transition?
200
This act, despite being described as a legislative abortion, was the beginning of some recognition that married women had some rights over property. This act gave women the right to own and control their own property.
What is the Married Women's Property Act of 1870?
300
As seen through the relationship between Lizzie Hexam and Eugene Wrayburn in OMF, this factor played a role in defining one's social class and kept people from different classes from marrying due to social norms.
What is Education?
300
Jenny Wren suffers from this specific birth defect and is therefore seen as a low-class citizen and classified as a "freak."
What is dwarfism?
300
This social class group was most affected by money lending in 19th-century England.
What is the middle class?
300
This gender was viewed as both physically and mentally superior during 19th-century England.
What is the male?
300
This was the High Church's belief system during the Victorian Era in England.
What is Anglo-Catholicism?
400
The majority of opposition to marriage outside of one's social class came not from laws or the courts but from this institution.
What is society?
400
This is the reason why Eugene Wrayburn asks for Jenny Wren to be with him when he is injured and near-death in "Our Mutual Friend."
What is familiarity with pain?
400
This people group was seen as unworthy and therefore could only find work in certain places, such as money lending where Riah worked.
Who are Jews?
400
The priest of the High Church thought that they were better than their congregation because they had a higher level of this factor.
What is education?
400
In 19th-century London, a woman must prove that her husband committed this act in order to divorce, whereas a man could accuse his wife and not have to prove it.
What is adultery?
500
This law kept couples in Victorian London, such as the Lammles in Our Mutual Friend, from being able to get divorced.
What is the Divorce Act of 1857?
500
Riah suggests that Jenny marry Sloppy due to this common factor.
What is low-class standing?
500
This term was used to describe money lenders in Victorian England.
What is a usurer?
500
The low church was distinguishable from the high church because it gave little value on authority of clergy, sacraments, and this aspect.
What are rituals?
500
Charles Dickens' father's arrest due to this common issue inspired him to include money lending in "Our Mutual Friend."