This lead to him publishing 'The Cost of Living', which put the other extreme on 'Thatcher's' Britain – that of the middle class being consumer-crazy, horribly perfect, starched shirt and floral-dress brigade – under the microscope. ... Danziger's work clearly depicts what a modern Briton looks like. ... ; a spectacular exhibition taking place at the National Portrait Gallery in association with Channel 4 to that focuses on "the complexity of identity" in modern Britain. ...

• Word Count: 1932
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The proletariats made up the majority of the population as the modern working class, which were brought into existence by the bourgeoisie to meet the increase in demands for production. Marx predicted that the exploitation of the laborers by all aspects of the bourgeoisie state would lead to the substantial increase in the proletariat class because the members of the lower middle class would "sink gradually into the proletariat, partly because their diminutive capital does not suffice for the scale on which the modern industry is carried on" (Marx). ... Marx believed this would happe...

• Word Count: 2151
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Social classes and all the problems associated with it have always existed; from the early civilizations between the Tigris and the Euphrates to the Modern Society not forgetting the Greek and the Roman empires as well as the darkness of the Middle Ages. ... Two works in particular are perfect reflections of this perennial conflict: Le Colonel Chabert by the great Honore de Balzac and The Cherry Orchard by the Russian play writer Anton Chekhov. ...

• Word Count: 1327
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Growing up in a middle class family and inspired by expressionism and communism ideals, Brecht revolutionised the course of modern European theatre in his creation of a completely new form of theatre. ... The suffering of the Lamb and Pickles families are concentrated on instead of the stereotypically perfect match between Hat and Geoffrey Birch which is forgotten by the narrator. ...

• Word Count: 1509
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"A woman," Caroline Bingley of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice affirms, "must have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing and the modern languages.... Austen's treatment of these concepts has unarguably contributed to the resonance of her novels in modern society. Examining the popularity of Pride and Prejudice today, it is clear that the ideas Austen raised then are, though found in different contexts, still greatly relevant to the modern world. ...

• Word Count: 5516
• Approx Pages: 22
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate