SEARCH ARTICLE

41 Pages : 418-424

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-II).41      10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-II).41      Published : Jun 2021

An Overview of Arthur Miller's Play All My Sons and Locating Aspects Concerning Capitalist Failure

    This paper aims at exploring the mentality of the people which was shaped by the capitalist doctrine and how this mental state led the characters to take reckless and unethical decisions. The Marxist analysis is used to unravel multiple motivations and reasons behind those decisions, so basically, this study owes a debt to Karl Marx's class struggle and identification. The attitudes of the people are observed and looked at carefully through the Marxist lens, and the impact and failure of capitalism are identified. This research is organized on the basis of sharp textual and interpretative analysis of the text All My Sons by Arthur Miller under the umbrella of qualitative research method and the curious quest of the research questions besides the objectives to be explored under the lens of Marxist concepts; Class Conflict, Oppression, Exploitation and Commodification. The paper reveals how class conflict leads to the oppression of the masses.

    Capitalism, Marxism, Individualism, Oppression, Class Conflict, Class Consciousness, Social Status
    (1) Farooq Shah
    Lecturer in English Literature, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Altaf
    Subject Specialist In English, Elementary And Secondary Education Department, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Saddam Ul Islam
    M.Phil. Scholar, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan

32 Pages : 319-325

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-II).32      10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-II).32      Published : Jun 2022

Social and Political Suppression of Common People in the Current Developing Countries in the Context of George Orwell's Novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)

    The study examines the nexus of the ruling party's slogans in the state of Oceania, "war is peace, ignorance is strength, freedom is slavery" in George Orwell's novel 1984 to the present societies in developing countries, using the lens of Marxism. Sufyan Al-Dmour states; Three different classes are present in the depicted novel: the ruling class, which is echoed by the Inner Party; Outer Party represents the middle class, the Proles consist of the working class (SufyanAl-Dmour, 2020). The class system is dominating all over the world, specifically in developing countries. MacCartney and Zaidi argue; It was the military-bureaucratic control of a few influential figures, with the three classes which kept what can be called Pakistan's political setup. (McCartney, Zaidi, 2019). Common people in 1984 were severely penalized for who exerted to think or act differently. The pertinence of the slogan "freedom is slavery" in 1984 is still dominant in developing societies.

    Totalitarianism, 1984. Slavery, Exploitation, Surveillance, Propaganda, Control, Marxism
    (1) Raees Khan
    Lecturer, Department of English, University of Buner, KP, Pakistan
    (2) Farooq Shah
    Lecturer, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Saddam Ul Islam
    M.Phil Scholar, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan