Determination of Socio-economic Conditions through Wealth and Material Possessions: A Marxist Critique of Mansfield’s Doll’s House
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Sidra Ahmad
- Source
- University of Chitral Journal of Linguistics and Literature, Vol 3, Iss I, Pp 42-51 (2019)
- Subject
- bourgeoisie
proletariat
economic power
commodification
superstructure
ideology
class consciousness
dialectical and historical materialism
English literature
PR1-9680
Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar
P101-410
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2617-3611
2663-1512
The current paper talks about the unavoidable class system that we all are entrapped in. The basic issue lies in the fact that the society we live in and grow operates on the system of class consciousness. The rich /bourgeoisie class uses and abuses the low or poor class to get their work done, whereas the poor or the proletariat has no choice except to be manipulated by the rich class for the cost of labor, for they know that their survival lies in manipulation. It has become an accepted phenomenon that the rich class/bourgeoisie exploits the poor class for their needs and desires. The rich class has become totally dependent on the proletariat and they know they cannot move without them. As the society is designed and planned on unequal footings so, on the one hand, the rich class has found a medium to exploit the labor class but at the same time the proletariat are not allowed to interact with them and furthermore there is bleak chance of their unification as the lower/labor class is itself a stigma in the eyes of the bourgeoisie.