It criticises the oppressive determinist social values and norms in society that govern the individual by common-held morals, expectations and the undermining of free will. ... The characters are determined by their financial position and judged accordingly. ... May Sinclair seems critical of the class structures that invade the personal relations between her characters. ... This satire and use of verbal irony is used to great dramatic effect throughout the novel. ... The descriptions seen above are a short analysis of the symbols and actions within the text that might equate to Marxist Litera...

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While Simmel did in fact have great influence on the field of sociology, he also produced major works that may be classified as philosophy of history, ethics, general philosophy, philosophy of art, philosophy of contemporary civilization and metaphysics.# Even within the field of sociology, he cannot really be placed into any particular school of thought; however, he was very interested in the relativism of all items in many of these fields of study. ... He had a great reputation as a speaker and thinker. ... Simmel believes that the physical separation of the stranger from the rest of socie...

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