Karl Duncker

Why is responsibility such a significant theme in An Inspector Calls? In An Inspector Calls, the central theme is responsibility. Priestley uses the Inspector as a representative to voice his opinions on the main theme and the idea of socialism. Throughout the play, he presents each character with a role of responsibility and tries to make them aware, through the Inspector, that they are all guilty of Eva's death. The Inspector wants The Birlings to share their responsibility; Priestley's focus…

In the essay Civilisation and Its Discontent, Sigmund Freud analyses societies and tries to make sense of human behaviors, beliefs, desires, fears, and impulses. Throughout the essay, Freud reveals indirectly that society is on a decline. The first theoretical perspective found in Civilisation and its Discontent is the id, the ego, and the superego. This is the foundation of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic personality theory. According to Freud, when an infant is born it is only equip with the…

Animal Farm is a novel written by George Orwell that depicts the overthrowing of a farmer by his animals. Mr.Jones, an unhappy drunk, is the ruler of the Manor Farm. He over works his animals, gives them bad living conditions, and does not feed them regularly. The animals don’t necessarily view Mr.Jones as a bad man or feel like they are being treated unfairly since it is all they have ever known. One night, the farm animals gather with Old Major, a pig, as his life is coming to a close. Old…

Chapter I Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) Eugen Berthold Freidrich known as Bertolt Brecht was born on 10 February 1898 in an upper-middle class family in Augsburg. The director of paper mill, Brecht’s father believed in Catholicism. The interesting fact is that his parents had a mixed Catholic-Protestant marriage and Brecht was mainly brought up by his mother’s Protestant faith. He attended elementary school and grammar school in Augsburg and his patriotism soon changed into pacifism in 1914 when…

John Steinbeck was a communist during the Great Depression. Communism is the idea that the working class shall rise up, in order to establish a society of all people equal in wealth and power. Steinbeck wrote the book Of Mice and Men. Of Mice and Men takes place in the Salinas River Valley, California. The story follows the journey of two ranch hands during the great depression. Ranch hands are people who move ranch to ranch working during the season to help ranches. In his novel, Of Mice and…

David Ricardo: Theories on Classical Economics David Ricardo was an 18th century, London economist who developed several theories contributing to what is now referred to as the “classical” system of economics. Classical economics, attributed primarily to 18th and 19th century Britain, is known for its focus on laissez-faire policies and pragmatic liberalism (Staff, 2015). As a Classical economist, Ricardo was a strong proponent of free trade, voicing his concerns in both the economic and…

Throughout history many people have seen how governments change and those changes affect the citizens. Some believe in democracy, others in communism and because of this different believes wars have been made. The novel Anthem by Ayn Rand is a symbolic representation of the author’s beliefs towards Communism. Rand’s childhood experiences influence the plot and structure of the novel. The main character Equality 7-2521 struggles for self-determination in a collectivist society. Rand wants to give…

Power struggle Leads To Tragedy: William Tweed, an American politician from the 19th century, once stated, “The way to have power is to take it.” Tweed implies people must take power from others to be successful. Tweed’s quote connects to the literary theory involving an imbalance of power. Marxism is a literary theory which involves an inequality of power. An application of Marxism to “Ponies”, “Lamb To The Slaughter”, and “The One Who Walk Away From Omelas” reveals imbalance of authoritative…

There are many differences between the structure of the enterprise and the way employees work because two companies come from different countries. First, the difference between power distance. Power distance refers to the degree of centralization of power and the degree of dictatorship in an organization, we can interpret the distance of power as the extent to which members with weak power in an enterprise expect to be unfairly distributed. Daimler is from Germany, where the company pursues a…

By using the Marxist lens to analyze The Great Gatsby, special attention is devoted towards who has wealth, what do they use this wealth for, and what is the result. In the novel, Jay Gatsby is one of those characters with wealth/power. However, Jay Gatsby comes under a different level of wealth/power, he is referred to as one of those people that have “New money” which means newly earned money. By using the Marxist lens to analyze Jay Gatsby’s character, it made me notice that having a plethora…