A Psychoanalytic Review of ‘Endgame’

While this play can be analyzed from different aspects, the psychological aspect has an important contribution to the theme of play. According to different schools characters can be considered the outcome of different forces ; in Marxist view they are products of cultural, economic and ideological forces; according to Darwin and naturalistic views human are outcome of natural selection; according to Freud and Lacan current situation of human are determined by their past, memories, the way they have been brought up, language and whatever characterized their past.In this play there are some references and evidences that support what have said above. Hamm, Clov, Nagg and Nelly are the characters to whom their past are significant. The role of unconscious and its effects on conscious, the repression of their desires, their melancholic response to what has been lost, the master/ slave relationships, the interpretation of dreams, the feeling of abondinment and their relationships to the theme of the play are all aspects that can be examined psychoanalytically in this play

A Psychoanalytic Review of ‘Endgame’

While this play can be analyzed from different aspects, the psychological aspect has an important contribution to the theme of play. According to different schools characters can be considered the outcome of different forces ; in Marxist view they are products of cultural, economic and ideological forces; according to Darwin and naturalistic views human are outcome of natural selection; according to Freud and Lacan current situation of human are determined by their past, memories, the way they have been brought up, language and whatever characterized their past.In this play there are some references and evidences that support what have said above. Hamm, Clov, Nagg and Nelly are the characters to whom their past are significant. The role of unconscious and its effects on conscious, the repression of their desires, their melancholic response to what has been lost, the master/ slave relationships, the interpretation of dreams, the feeling of abondinment and their relationships to the theme of the play are all aspects that can be examined psychoanalytically in this play

A Marxist Reading of ‘The Madwoman of Chaillot’

Having read the play, it could be understood that ideology and capitalistic attitude which is a recent phenomenon has been spread throughout the world and people have a materialistic view towards and commodify each other. The use and exchange values are replaced by sign exchange value and commodity and goods are changing into master and humanity becomes their slave. Hence commodity fetishism is the new aspect of economic relations. Moreover by means of anarchy and chaos and also unawareness of lower class or proletariats, capitalists can get what they want. However the Marxist theory and reading of the play reveals that finally the proletariats of a society come to consciousness of their being abused by capitalism and revolt against them and live a free life ever after as Marx had predicted it in nineteenth century. In spite of his prediction, this fantasy never comes true in reality and it remains as a fairy tale and that is why this work is categorized in genre of fantasy. Nonetheless analysis of this play from different perspective can show how it is possible

A Marxist Reading of ‘The Madwoman of Chaillot’

Having read the play, it could be understood that ideology and capitalistic attitude which is a recent phenomenon has been spread throughout the world and people have a materialistic view towards and commodify each other. The use and exchange values are replaced by sign exchange value and commodity and goods are changing into master and humanity becomes their slave. Hence commodity fetishism is the new aspect of economic relations. Moreover by means of anarchy and chaos and also unawareness of lower class or proletariats, capitalists can get what they want. However the Marxist theory and reading of the play reveals that finally the proletariats of a society come to consciousness of their being abused by capitalism and revolt against them and live a free life ever after as Marx had predicted it in nineteenth century. In spite of his prediction, this fantasy never comes true in reality and it remains as a fairy tale and that is why this work is categorized in genre of fantasy. Nonetheless analysis of this play from different perspective can show how it is possible

A Marxist Reading of ‘The Madwoman of Chaillot’

Having read the play, it could be understood that ideology and capitalistic attitude which is a recent phenomenon has been spread throughout the world and people have a materialistic view towards and commodify each other. The use and exchange values are replaced by sign exchange value and commodity and goods are changing into master and humanity becomes their slave. Hence commodity fetishism is the new aspect of economic relations. Moreover by means of anarchy and chaos and also unawareness of lower class or proletariats, capitalists can get what they want. However the Marxist theory and reading of the play reveals that finally the proletariats of a society come to consciousness of their being abused by capitalism and revolt against them and live a free life ever after as Marx had predicted it in nineteenth century. In spite of his prediction, this fantasy never comes true in reality and it remains as a fairy tale and that is why this work is categorized in genre of fantasy. Nonetheless analysis of this play from different perspective can show how it is possible