In order to understand him, there are two keys "realism and Marxism. As a socially and historically confined cultural concept, realism offers a window view on the world while Marxism springs from communism ideals of equality between all people and the non-existence of social stratification that proves to be a major difficulty in this play. ... Firstly, there is the notion of employment which defines the rule that a male must have a job and the females are also workers supporting the family. Working class men are defined by their occupation and respected according to their degree of milit...

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It wasn't made for the benefit of kids and families, as those people would define their own needs. ... John Holt defines education as: ...something that some people do to others for their own good, moulding and shaping them, and trying to make them learn what they think they ought to know. ... (Letts, 2001) In contrast to the functionalist theory, Marxism took a new perspective on the school environment; who argued that education is a function in which to maintain class inequalities in wealth and power. ...

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