Leninist-Marxism As a Prism to Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure"
LENINIST-MARXISM AS A PRISM TO SHAKESPEARE’S MEASURE FOR MEASURE Prothoma Purohit Abstract Marxism is a social, political, and economic theory which is named after the German economist and philosopher Karl Marx[1]. This theory examines the effects of capitalism on labourers, production, and economic development of a country and urges the workers for a revolution to replace capitalism by a communist society if it is needed. Leninist-Marxism is a genre of Marxism developed by Russian Marxist Vladimir Lenin. Lenin was the leader of Russian revolution[2] and he has implemented Marxism into reality. This genre of Marxism holds the centre on the understanding that literature, art, and culture are inevitably the reflections of the “base structure” that means the social and economic conditions of a particular society. Measure for Measure is a play written by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) in 1604 and this work belongs to the third stage of Great Bard’s career. Based on t...