BIOL1008 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Dystopia, Plutocracy, Venous Ulcer
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The social, cultural and historical milieu of a composer"s era significantly shapes the construction of their text and the ideals, values and attitudes that they choose to address within it. These influences offer a unique distinction between different texts, however, also highlighting notable commonalities. Fritz lang"s expressionist silent film, metropolis" (1927), can be interpreted as a reaction to the rapidly fluctuating, economically instable social milieu of germany during the immediate post wwi era, in which the newly emerged, controversial. Weimar republic gave birth to new individual freedoms and consequent cultural diversity. Eighty-four" (1949), is a pessimistic vision of the future, responding to the horrific authoritarian regimes witnessed in the years following wwi and during wwii. Orwell provides an unsettling warning of the capacities of dictatorial control systems and their ability to extend control over all aspects of an individual"s life; stifling their freedoms, dignities and morality.
