Which is based on the simple facts that mankind must be able to first have the basic necessities of food, drink, shelter, and clothing before it can be expected to pursue science, politics, art, religion etc. That logically the production of the immediate material means of basic material economic necessities and the degree of economic development attained by the people during a given time period form the foundation upon which the "state institutions, the legal conceptions, art, and even the ideas on religion," of the concerned human beings have evolved and been explained with the know...

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Thus the creation of art, including literature must always be understood in relation to capitalist productivity and consumerism and additionally always in a historical context. ... Marx made a distinction between the means and way of production and the underlying social and economic forces and relations which he called the "base"; and the cultural forms and social institutions such as religion, education, politics, family and art-literature, which he called the "superstructure". ...

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Hypocrisy is a form of faking and acting; you become the main character of a situation you are trying to hide. ... Through the words that the poet used to express the woman's feelings, desperation, thoughts, and desires the reader can see the arrogance and selfishness that form the rich woman's personality. ... Hypocrisy is seen everywhere, and this is the main thing that made me feel related to the poem; John Betjeman's way to depict the attitudes of the upper classes is marvelous and clever, his ways of letting us know who the main character of this poem is, and how he express...

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