Research Article

The Effects of the Capitalist System on Individuals: The Fool

Number: 71 January 28, 2022
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The Effects of the Capitalist System on Individuals: The Fool

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the effects of the capitalist system on individuals belonging to the working class in the Fool (1975) by Edward Bond. In the play, the capitalist system is portrayed as cruel because it deprives the individual from their basic needs such as dignity or freedom and as unequal because it makes a class superior to another one. For instance, while working class people cannot even have bread to eat, the parson has a silver pen and gold in his pocket. This wide gap between the two classes brings about inequality, class conflict and dehumanization observed in a capitalist society. This explains the reason why the individuals in the play feel alienated and ineffective. In addition, church and hospital as representatives of social institutions in society will be studied to reflect the fact that how they preserve the interests of the ruling class. The paper will conclude that individuals in the play will survive either by resorting to violence as in the case of Darkie, complying with system as in the case of Patty or revolting against the system as in the case of Clare.

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References

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

January 28, 2022

Submission Date

August 31, 2021

Acceptance Date

December 12, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Number: 71

APA
Işık, S. (2022). The Effects of the Capitalist System on Individuals: The Fool. Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 71, 99-106. https://doi.org/10.51290/dpusbe.988903
AMA
1.Işık S. The Effects of the Capitalist System on Individuals: The Fool. Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2022;(71):99-106. doi:10.51290/dpusbe.988903
Chicago
Işık, Sevcan. 2022. “The Effects of the Capitalist System on Individuals: The Fool”. Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, nos. 71: 99-106. https://doi.org/10.51290/dpusbe.988903.
EndNote
Işık S (January 1, 2022) The Effects of the Capitalist System on Individuals: The Fool. Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 71 99–106.
IEEE
[1]S. Işık, “The Effects of the Capitalist System on Individuals: The Fool”, Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, no. 71, pp. 99–106, Jan. 2022, doi: 10.51290/dpusbe.988903.
ISNAD
Işık, Sevcan. “The Effects of the Capitalist System on Individuals: The Fool”. Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 71 (January 1, 2022): 99-106. https://doi.org/10.51290/dpusbe.988903.
JAMA
1.Işık S. The Effects of the Capitalist System on Individuals: The Fool. Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2022;:99–106.
MLA
Işık, Sevcan. “The Effects of the Capitalist System on Individuals: The Fool”. Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, no. 71, Jan. 2022, pp. 99-106, doi:10.51290/dpusbe.988903.
Vancouver
1.Sevcan Işık. The Effects of the Capitalist System on Individuals: The Fool. Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2022 Jan. 1;(71):99-106. doi:10.51290/dpusbe.988903

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