Men's 1800s Wear

In 1800s men wore knee-length breeches and worn over stockings, tail coat that were cut high over the top of the breeches, collars turned up and ruffled cravats being worn at the neck and the hat choice was usually a top hat and most men carried a cane.

Along the way trousers became popular and even till this day now trouser is still reamains in out fashion industries and and for shoes they wore knee-high boots.

1820 a huge change in men's attire, they created more slimmer and shorter coats for business wear. Cravats became less fussy, creating ascots, bow ties and four-in-hand neck ties. By thr end of the century they have created a modern suit that has been worn even till this century

http://mens-fashion.lovetoknow.com/Mens_1800's_Wear

by Will Choi

Witchcraft

Alot of womens have been accused and execcuted because of witchcraft. Especially female shamans who are made in to malicious figures by christian propaganda were suggested and accused that they were witches. They were usually exccuted by getting hanged and burning them.
Typical accusations of being a witch was:
1. The ride by night.
2. The pact with the Devil.
3. The Formal repudiation of Christianity.
4. The secret nocturnal meeting.
5. The desecration of the Eucharist and crucifix.
6. The orgy.
7. Sacrificial infanticide, and Cannibalism.
Later on Witchcraft Act was set on 1735. Instead of execution by getting hanged and burning them, people were subject to fines and imprisonment.
http://hubpages.com/hub/Witchcraft_and_Witch_Hunts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch-hunt
by Will Choi

Fashion; to die for?

It's the latest fashion wardrobe and everyone else is wearing it but would you wear it too if you knew one of the side effects where death? In the 19Th century women would wear corsets too appear thin. According to Harper Bazaar and Hope Greenberg

"Ladies experienced many health problems associated to the corset. It was not so much the design as it was women's desire's to be thinner than they really were. Ladies started wearing the corset at a young age, while they were yet teenagers and still developing and growing. The corset tightly squeezed the inner organs together. This caused some problems in childbirth. Others included digestive problems. Their stomach did not digest food the way it should and women died because of complications during childbirth. This was a tendancy with women who attempted to get their waists as small as they could."
http://www.angelfire.com/ar3/townevictorian/victorianfashion.html
Social Status also had a major role in how tight the corset was so the less money you had the looser your corset so you would be able to move around to do chores.In the book Frankenstein Elizabeth most likely wore here corset tight because of her social status while Agatha used to wear a tight corset most likely wears it loose so she could accomplish her daily chores after her family was striped of its wealth.

In today's modern times clothes are relaxed, loose, and comfortable to wear; unless people decided to make their clothes uncomfortable.


From Krystal

Murder Used to be Easy

You used to be able to murder someone and get away with it, that is if no one was around because you could easily frame someone else. But now you don't even get 24hrs of freedom after committing a murder. It's like wearing a white tee shirt in the rain you think your covering yourself but they can see everything. Forensic scientist all have a job because of Murders. The needed a way to catch them because there's not always a noisy neighbor always looking out the window. so they used something that every has but each person's is different, DNA and finger prints. Back in the 1800s they didn't have any of these advances. Society was chaotic when a murderer came along because they didn't know who it was if there wasn't a witness and like in the book Frankenstein they saw Victors boat and Henry's dead body and thought he killed him. In today's age they'd just keep the suspects under watch like the worlds best stalker until the results come in and then arrest the suspect. Although this DNA method isn't 100 percent accurate it's better than pointing a finger around saying i saw his boat she he commit ed the murder.



From Krystal

REVOLUTION

Throughout history societies always seem to change drastically and very rapidly. This usual is stimulated by one major aspect. For Europe, this stimulating aspect was known as the Industrial Revolution. This change in one mere part of life helped influence the change of all aspects of life as they were perceived at that time. http://www.puhsd.k12.ca.us/chana/staffpages/eichman/adult_school/us/fall/industrialization/1/industrial_revolution.htm states that, " Before the Industrial Revolution, most European countries were ruled by a monarch who had much personal power. Great landowners, rich merchants, and some members of the clergy also had considerable political influence. But the workers and farmers had no voice in the government. Many countries did not even hold elections. Although Great Britain had a Parliament, only male members of the Church of England who paid a certain amount of taxes could vote. A handful of voters often determined who would represent a district in Great Britain. All these social, economic, and political conditions changed in Great Britain as the Industrial Revolution developed."

Women, Then Vs. Now

According to Women’s Rights by Olivia Coolidge “When Lucy Stone, founder of the American Woman Suffrage Association, was born in 1818; her mother is quoted as saying, “Oh dear! I am sorry it is a girl. A woman’s life is so hard!” Her mother, as a farmer’s wife, baked and cooked over a wood stove for her family and washed, scrubbed and drew water from an outside well and heated it on the stove. She also made cheese and soap, plucked chickens, dipped candles, wove and dyed cloth, made the clothes, milked the cows, and cared for her children. Women were not permitted to give evidence in court, nor, did they have the right to speak in public before an audience. When a woman married, her husband legally owned all she had (including her earnings, her clothes and jewelry, and her children). If he died, she was entitled to only a third of her husband’s estate.”http://www.amit.org.il/learning/english/ew/life.htm

Modern day women don’t have to pluck chickens or milk cows (unless they want to) they have an easier alternative, but they still have to fulfill the same tasks by having to go buy groceries and pick up the kids from school. Women have been given more rights by not only giving evidence in a court but becoming the judge in the courtroom. In addition to having a little too much say on how much they get after a divorce. Although women have been given a louder voice and more rights, it hasn’t greatly affected women’s life styles. Women will continue to work hard it’s just been switch from working hard at home to working hard in public. You can change the scenery and try to make it seem all glammed up much like a fairytale but in reality it’s the same situation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cGQoPmefyA

From Krystal

Levels of People In Society

There were two levels of people in society back in 1800s: peasnats or serfs and lords and priests. Peasants or serfs raised the food in 1800s. Serfs were peasant famers who were neithere fully free or slaves. They couldn't leave the village, sell an ox or maorry without the lord of the manor's permissions. The second level of scoety was the lords and priests and they require taxes from the serfs in both food and labor from each family. The church required ten percent of everything the serfs produced. Higher level of people lived off the labors of the peasants class.
http://www.historylink101.com/lessons/farm-city/middle-ages.htm
by Will Choi

Changes in Rural society

from about 1800 until 1850 life for rural families changed drastically throughout europe. " growing importance of commercial farming and growing role of merchants and other " capitalists" in agriculutral trade, which put added pressure on peasants and small-scale farmers. growing internalization of grain trade (made more profitable by railroads and steamships) leds to trend of falling grain prices, which put pressure on peasants and small-scale farmers. problems of rural overcrowding and rural poverty ( which fed into urban growth.) efforts of national/state governments to " transform" rural populations through education and increased contact with the state." ( http://facstaff.bloomu.edu/hickey/scial%20change%20and%20politics%20in%20early%201800s.htm)

URBANIZATION

during the 1800s mass urbanization took effect in europe. the problems which occurred as an effect of the increase of urbanization brought many of the issues that are still in place in ghettos throughout the world. " familiar" problems of urban growth: overcrowding and concentration of poor, poor quality housing, lack of running water and sanitation, lack of ventilation and light, all of which contribute to the spread of disease and to social tensions." ( http://facstaff.bloomu.edu/hickey/scial%20change%20and%20polit ics%20in%20early%201800s.hm

Death Penalty In The 1800s

"In England, from as early as 1241 to as late as 1820, those convicted of capital crimes were hanged, drawn, and quartered. The prisoner was taken from his prison cell and laid on a sledge which was tied to a horse and dragged along the ground to the gallows... " "...Stoning and hanging were not the only methods of execution in early times -- only the most common. An impressive amount of sadistic creativity went into devising methods of killing those who dared to break the law..." "...In the 1800s hanging was the most common means of execution. It was eventually replaced by electrocution, then by lethal gas and, most recently, by lethal injection."


Personal thought ;
It is painful to think about how people used to punish others by killing them in front of others. Also by this act we can see that as time past everything changed. People have the rights to defend themselves and to have a lawyer, and also with other penalties.


http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/psych/mcostanzo/death_penalty/chapter.htm

By: Yenny Francisco