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Marxist Criticism - Paper

Marxist Criticism

Gabrielle Monroe
Professor Otto
Dual English
December 10, 2013

Marxist Criticism

Marxist literary criticism "Central or dominant idea(kirszner 5)." is based upon the political and economic theories of the German philosopher Karl Marx. In works Fences written by August Wilson, Marx proposes a model of history in which economic and political conditions determine social conditions. Marx and Wilson were responding to social hardships stemming from the rise of poverty. Marxist feminism explores this question by laying out an economic theory that shows a correlation between the emergence of capitalism, production and private property and the continued oppression of women. Other theorists ...

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and his property is self-acquired and self-earned. From this viewpoint, Troy represents everything Marx wants for the proletariat: their own private property. In Fences as in Wilson's other plays, a tragic character helps pave the way for other blacks to have opportunities under conditions they were never free to experience, but never reap from their own sacrifice and talents themselves. This is Troy Maxson's situation. Troy's last name, "Maxson," is a compressed reference to the Mason-Dixon line, considered as the imaginary line originally conceived of in 1820 to define the separation between the slave states and the free states. Maxson represents an amalgamation of Troy's history in the south and present life in the north that are inextricably linked.

Wilson purposefully sets the play during the season Hank Aaron led the Milwaukee Braves to the World Series, beating the New York Giants. When Fences takes place, blacks like Aaron proved they could not only compete with white ...

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