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Take It With a Smile by demonofnothing, literature

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Take It With a Smile

He had become too complacent with his newfound pet. Put too much of his trust into a creature that really had no right to even be alive. He had been so confident that he would have absolute control over his mutt and be able to tame him. He had forgotten just how dangerous the little monster was. This mistake had cost him greatly now. He wished, prayed even, that this was just some surreal nightmare he was having and at any second he would wake up and be perfectly fine in his bed...except the excruciating pain was enough evidence to prove it be incontrovertible. All he could do was mutely stare in horror, mouth agape, as those snakelike

A Marxist reading of Little Shop of Horrors by Henrys-Art-Analysis, literature

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A Marxist reading of Little Shop of Horrors

Sorry about the hiatus. I was working on a production of Little Shop of Horrors. Naturally, I figure that an analysis on the play would be a fitting essay to do as the first one back. So, lets dive into the world of plants and blood and Marxism. Please note that I am using communism as a shorthand for the movement behind the soviet union and Maoist philosophy, inclusive with Socialism here rather than as a moneyless state. Also, I will be doing the theatrical version of the show, which differs from the film version. Beneath the comedy, the show Little Shop of Horrors was written as a response to the spread of communism, as a cautionary tale. Audrey 2 is the stand-in for communism and his first two victims are Orin (a sadistic, rich dentist) and Mushnik (Seymour’s employer who views Seymour’s worth due to how much money he can bring in), both of whom would be likely be targets of a communist regime. Audrey’s death, in this reading of the script, is the result of the plant