I’ve never heard of such a saying before, but using context clues one could gather that it has something to do with human greed and the desire for wealth, and how it can twist your morals without you realizing it.
Answer:
Medical practices and illness in Elizabethan England
Explanation:
This book written by Ian Mortimen <u>deals with medical issues in England during the period in which Elizabeth was the queen. </u>
This was a period in which illnesses such as a flu would kill people because <u>antibiotics didn't exist and the lack of hygiene was catastrophic. </u>There were no sewers, people never made the connection between washing their hands and preventing illnesses. As a result, plagues would be very common and people would die on a daily basis.
Very few children survived, for example Shakespeare expirienced the death of his son Hamnet. People would have several children because they knew that only a couple of them would survive childhood.
As we probably am aware Harlem Renaissance was a development in the 1920's and 1930's amid which there was a blast of African-American workmanship and writing. Amid this time servitude and racial isolation were all the while being seen. ballads by Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes and others alike, drove the message home that these indecencies should be annulled.
These set of lines satirize the Victorians' tendency to place wealth above other factors in deciding whether a person was eligible for marriage:
- Lady Bracknell: That sounds not unsatisfactory. Three addresses always inspire confidence, even in tradesmen. .. ( Lady Bracknell is interested in learning about Cecily's background. She makes this comment after she has learnt that Cecily comes from well-known families).
- Jack: [Very irritably.] How extremely kind of you, Lady Bracknell! I have also in my possession, you will be pleased to hear, certificates of Miss Cardew's birth, baptism, whooping cough, registration, vaccination, confirmation, and the measles; both the German and the English variety. ( The fact that certificates are in German reflects that Cecily comes from a prestigious family).
- Mr. Worthing, I had better ask you if Miss Cardew has any little fortune? Jack: Oh! about a hundred and thirty thousand pounds in the Funds. ( Lady Bracknell asks a direct question. Once she has learnt about Cecily's family , she is interested in her economic situation).
- Lady Bracknell: [Sitting down again.] A moment, Mr. Worthing. A hundred and thirty thousand pounds! And in the Funds! Miss Cardew seems to me a most attractive young lady, now that I look at her.. ( The fact that Cecily has money makes Lady Bracknell see Cecily more attractive).
