Abstract: The short stories “The Doll’s House,” “The Garden Party” and “A Cup of Tea” are written by Katherine Mansfield in the year 1922. This paper analyses these three short stories from a Marxist perspective by applying the theory of ideology as proposed by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. The study takes a look into the oppression faced by the members of the lowerclass and the belief system of the upper-class. The Marxist approach questions the economic conditions and power and shows a battle between dominant and oppressed sections of society. The ideology that comes under Marxist theory shows the real economic conditions in any society and is the first key concept in Marxist theory. The short story “The Doll’s House” shows how the school-going children are involved in reinforcing their power over the oppressed and marginalized classes. In “The Garden Party” insensitivity is seen towards the lower-class members while in “A Cup of Tea” we see how Rosemary does things only to show that rich people aren’t heartless. Through all three stories we see how the system naturalizes and legitimizes unequal power distribution. The readers must acknowledge the fact that the members of lower classes face several difficulties and things still need to change.
Keywords: Marxism, ideology, oppression, lower-class, higher-class, belief systems, class-division.
Title: A Marxist Perspective: “The Doll’s House,” “The Garden Party” and “A Cup of Tea”
Author: Ria Mistry
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
Vol. 10, Issue 4, October 2022 - December 2022
Page No: 487-491
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Published Date: 30-December-2022
