Conditions of Factory Work for the Proletariat and La Bohème
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Instructions: Post a thread, around 3 sentences, giving your reflection or opinion of the reading and/or the music from the past week. Here are some possible questions to address:
Read Engels, TCOTWCIE, “Single Branches of Industry, Factory-hands,” “The Attitude of the Bourgeoisie towards the Proletariat”
Watch Puccini – La bohème, Act 4: 1:20:30 – end) - https://www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=BVZoQwu0pKM -
What are the conditions of factory work for the proletariat?
What causes unemployment?
How does the bourgeoisie and police treat the proletariat, and why? How is this similar and different from today?
How does the music of La bohème portray different moods, such as celebration, fun, and tragedy?
How well does La bohème do at portraying the slums? Is it a realistic opera?
But feel free to address something other than these question.
READING TEXTBOOK
https://www(dot)marxists(dot)org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/condition-working-class-england.pdf
What are the Conditions of Factory Work for the Proletariat?
Proletariats are mistreated, abused and denied rights like health and other benefits that they should be protected. Ignorance of the law, both by the bourgeoisie and police makes the proletariat suffered more hardships. With no difference from today’s society, Puccini’s brilliant voice and musical arrangements add more impact to the storyline itself. What Causes Unemployment?
Pursuit of bigger economic returns sometimes results in unemployment as people take advantage of modern technology that managed to provide the same or better output with less overhead. Favoring an option of a lesser burden, with a bigger promise in return, disregarding workers’ welfare and concern for their plight. A harsh and painful truth that will be bitter pill to swallow. Competition will rise amongst the workers as they pursue to get the first the diminishing work available to them due to industry modernization. When unemployment rises, they turn into ...
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