Marx analysed religious rhetoric: The social principles of Christianity preach the necessity of a ruling and an oppressed class, [...] declare all vile acts of the oppressors against the oppressed to be either the just punishment of original sin and other sins or trials that the Lord in his infinite wisdom imposes on those redeemed. [...] preach cowardice, self-contempt, abasement, submission, dejection. (142-3)* Thus his conclusion that "religion's role in history has been to offer a divine justification for the status quo" (142)*. ... Modern researchers, when looking at any of the wo...

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Whatever the degree of our attachment to our own traditions, it is almost impossible for us to step out of their framework and strip familiar connotations from words like god, soul, sin, piety" Mythologies also undergo a metamorphosis during the translation process, altering perceptions. ... Whilst the audience is aware of his frailties and his actions, it is also made to feel pity for the character as he is blissfully ignorant of his sins but immediately tries to make amends when the truth arises. ... The interlinking threads that combine the past and present stories are masterfully wov...

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