Pros And Cons Of Traditional Marxism

Traditional Marxism revolves around the theory’s concerned with social class, and who is to benefit from work, and how much they will benefit. In order to do this, Karl Marx examined the people in positions of power. If Karl Marx examined Athenian society, he would see that the tragic hero was required to come from a position of authority or of high social status. From this observation, deductive logic could be used to determine that the Athenian Society is exclusive, oppressive, and similarly formed to other civilizations of its time, such as Rome.
The Marxist could conclude that the Athenian society would be overthrown by the proletarians, or lower class. In the views of a Marxist, the Athenian society was too exclusive to function idyllically. …show more content…
In the Communist Manifesto, a work written by Karl Marx that addresses the downfalls of communism in favor of socialism, Marx states, “ It [the bourgeoisie] has ruthlessly torn asunder the motley feudal ties that bound betwixt men to their “ natural superiors”; it has left no other bond betwixt man and man but crude self-interest and unfeeling “cash payment” (Marx 28). If the tragic hero was distinguished as a male of high social status then naturally he could conclude that the men were the focal point of the bourgeoisie. Because the Marxist could conclude that the men were the focal point of the bourgeoisie, it follows that the bourgeoisie would essentially, “run themselves into the ground”, causing an uprising from the proletarians. Furthermore, the expansion that the bourgeoisie requires in order to maintain their social status and profit …show more content…
The Marxist could presume this quality about Athenian Society from learning that the tragic hero in Athenian Society could only be the man in high social status or authority. Karl Marx himself makes remarks about the society of the Roman Empire, which existed the same time as Ancient Greece. He notes the rankings of people in the Roman Empire in Communist Manifesto, “ In the earliest epochs of history, we find almost everywhere a complete subdivision of society into different ranks, a manifold gradation of social positions. In ancient Rome, we have: patricians, knights, plebeians, slaves (26). As Marx has noted the ranks in descending order, he could consummate that Athenian Society that had a similar ranking system, although the specific qualities of each ranking may vary, the highest rank would qualify the man as the tragic hero. To elaborate, he could also conclude that the concentration of wealth belonged to those in the higher class, or circularly, that the status of an individual was dictated by the amount of money, land, or profitable goods that he possessed. The Marxist originally established the idea of the bourgeoisie and proletarian based on his observations of the way the social classes were separated. Time and time again, he found that the social classes were consistently divided by wealth. If the tragic hero in Athenian