The Victorian era saw the development of complex social classes. These social classes not only loomed over people's heads, but were an important part of life in the Victorian era. The classes continued to expand and separate classes began to appear. The upper, middle, and lower classes all emerged, with each class based on their income and lifestyle (Cody). The classes began to develop feelings about each other. The lower class was excluded from positions of power, while the upper class controlled almost everything. The upper class kept the lower class down by saying they were bringing about their own demise by going against the system. Charles Dickens adds these differences in his books and shows the leisure and desperation of the upper and lower classes. This article will show that as the upper and lower classes grew, attitudes arose between them to show the difference between their lifestyles and how the lower class wanted to break free while the upper class wanted to maintain control. lives luxuriously. They had large sums of money with which they could do whatever they wanted. Many of them hired housekeepers, caretakers, or others for domestic needs. These people were from the lower working class who needed money to take care of their families. Most of the servants and helpers who performed household chores were women from the lower classes who came after performing many other tasks in their own homes (Wojtzcak). The upper class still showed ignorance towards their helping and underpaid hands (Geroux). Ellen Geroux adds: “There was little understanding or desire to understand the needs of the working class. » Attitudes between classes were driven by the upper class's lack of understanding. The upper class continues...... middle of paper ...... the current system. In "The Ignorance of the Upper Classes of the Condition of the Workers - Evidence from the Illustrated London News" by Ellen Geroux, she highlights the newspaper's articles about the working class and draws conclusions based on them, asserting that "By Therefore, workers who strike, those who are not content to continue in the current system, are causing their own defeat. The upper class supports its own system by blaming those who try to rise above it. The upper class used these newspapers as a kind of “propaganda” to strengthen their system and help themselves profit from it (Geroux). /authors/gaskell/61n_s1.htmlhttp://www.victorianweb.org/gender/wojtczak/living.htmlhttp://www.victorianweb.org/history/slums.htmlhttp://www.victorianweb.org/history/Class .html