Using the material from item A and elsewhere assess the usefulness of Marxist approaches to an understanding of crime and deviance. (21 marks) Marxist approaches can be useful to help us understand crime and deviance. Marxists theory adopts the belief that the ruling class is responsible for societies. They think crime is systematically generated by the structure of capitalist society. Marxists believe that society is divided into two classes‚ the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. The bourgeoisie
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A Marxist Approach to Jane Eyre Based on the ideas of Karl Marx‚ this theoretical approach asks us to consider how a literary work reflects the socioeconomic conditions of the time in which it was written. What does the text tell us about contemporary social classes and how does it reflect classism? Jane Eyre depicts the strict‚ hierarchical class system in England that required everyone to maintain carefully circumscribed class positions. Primarily through the character of Jane‚ it also accents
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and conflict with Emily is one of the reasons why she has shut herself out from their community. The Marxist criticism theory allows one to understand that the material realities of the economy are the bases of social change and conflict. This approach reveals that economic status is a primary element in this literary work as it structures the society in the story. From the perspective of the Marxist theory‚ “A Rose for Emily” displayshows s that class affects and influences the town’s interactions
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divisions as the upper‚ middle‚ and lower class‚ the theory of Marxism analyzes what ways capitalism can be used against the people. In the Grapes of Wrath‚ John Steinbeck confronts this ideal and reveals what he believes regarding this subject. The Marxist theory of criticism examines the economic and governmental system that Steinbeck uses throughout the novel and reveals that Steinbeck does indeed believe that capitalism is naturally flawed. Steinbeck starts his grand
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Marxist Lens Paragraphs Curley’s wife is motivated by loneliness. She constantly thinks about what she could have had‚ versus what she has currently‚ because of Curley ““If I’d went‚ I wouldn’t be livin’ like this‚ you bet”” (Steinbeck 42). She constantly grasps at the idea of being famous and wishes she had taken her chance‚ because she can never talk to anyone without Curley threatening them. If she had went‚ she would be famous and almost everyone would know her‚ and many people would talk to
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main character. Emily’s social interaction and conflict of the town is what has caused her to alienate herself from the community. According to Marxist criticism theory‚ material possessions form the bases of conflict and social change. “A Rose for Emily” reveals that class influences thought of the people and how they interact with others. According to Marxist theory‚ characters represent social classes and their actions show where they stand in the society (Doob p.26).
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Virginia Benefield Mrs. Woody English 1020 Section C07 11 February 2012 A Marxist Criticism of “Barn Burning” “It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being‚ but on the contrary their social being that determines their consciousness.” (Marx‚ A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy). Marx believed that being born in one social class determined one’s thoughts and actions. Marx also was adamant that conflict was caused by the division of labor. In “Barn Burning” by
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Assess the contribution of the Marxist theory to the sociological understanding of crime and deviance. (21 marks) Marxism is a macro/structural approach to society‚ meaning that it looks at the large-scale societal structure for answers about how society works and operates and explores crime and deviance in relation to classes within a capitalist society. Marxists claim that laws do not reflect a value consensus‚ instead laws and law enforcement benefits the rich (protection of private property)
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Othello is a play written by Shakespeare that features a top ranking military official‚ Othello. The main focus of the play is the love between Othello and Desdemona and how it became poisoned by a man named Iago. The Marxist perspective best impacted my understanding of Othello because of how the main plot was heavily subjected to Iago’s lust for power and wealth. Iago took advantage of people to propel his agenda. An example of this was when he used Roderigo’s emotions toward Desdemona to his
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OUTLINE AND ASSESS MARX’S CONCEPT OF ALIENATION When considering the concept of sociology and its definition‚ one immediately thinks of trying to understand the world in which we live. However‚ for Karl Marx we should not only understand the world‚ but also seek to actively change it (Macintosh‚ 1997). The concept of alienation differs in terms of its sociological meaning in relation to that of the psychological definition and has been used to describe many other phenomena’s over the last four
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