Since Crowne plays the role of a stereotypical, objectified sexual being she can be seen as being the ‘perfect’ woman in her caste and in society. Brice can be seen as a popular and cute girl that fulfills the image of the perfect woman, of that time. Fanny Crowne: Fanny Brice,Īmerican illustrated song model, comedian, singer, and theater and film actressįanny Crowne’s name is a referance to the actor Fanny Brice (1891-1951). Both Fosters have an interest in numbers and measurements, as the real Henry Foster was a scientist with discoveries in subjects in counjunction to sea travel, magnetism and pendulum measurements and the fictional Foster is obsessed with numbers and precision. Henry Foster could be named after the same named British naval officer and scientist, Henry Foster (1796-1831). The name Mustapha points out Mond’s importance and his position. They are leaders, Mond is the Resident World Controller of Western Europe and Atatürk is leading the nation of Turkey. The reason why Mustapha Mond is named after Atatürk is that both are very influential and important persons to their societies.

Mustapha Kemal Atatürk (1881-1938), from whom Mustapha Mond got his first name, was a Turkish statemen and general and played a big role in Turkish history. Turkish statemen and general, tried to westernize the country Since Lenina follows her sexual conditioning, she is not very romantic nor able to have a relationship, her last name can be understood as an ironic allusion. Usually Crowne’s plays evolved around some sort of heroic and romantic love story. Lenina’s last name ‘Crowne’ could be in reference to the English dramatist John Crowne (1640-1703). As Lenin was the leader of the Soviet Union and therefore a very powerful and influential man in his country and Lenina herself is not able to see behind her conditioning and therefore not an influential person at all concerning the government. Since Lenina is more so a tool of the social system she doesn’t exactly live up to the expectation of her name. He was a big supporter of Marxism and lead the Soviet Union in the 1920s. Leninas first name refers to Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924), whose a Russian revolutionary communist. Russian revolutionary communist, Leader of the Soviet Union (1920s) Bernard himself disapproves that Lenina is being treated as an sexual object and could therefore also be seen as rejecting the common beliefs of how women should be treated or seen and as supporting women in that sense. Shaw was a socialist and was known for fighting for equal political rights for women. George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwrite and probably the inspiration for Bernard’s first name. Therefore Bernard does not want to change the other castes or even his own caste, but he only really want’s to change himself. It’s ironic due to the fact that Bernard is not unhappy with the whole system of society, but only his difference is making him lust for success and something new. This makes him an ironic counterpole to Marx’s theory, as he feels unhappy in a caste where everybody is equal and similar. Due to the similarity of the caste members in their development and chances in life everyone should be happy within his own caste. The caste itself could be seen as being the perfect society, in Karl Marx’s opinion. Bernard Marx therefore resembles the counterpole to Marx’s theory. Eventhough the people from one caste should be defined and seen as being ‘equals’, Bernard does not feel as being an equal part of his caste. This exclusion is what let’s him question the social system that he lives in. According to him, only a classless, communist society could permanently exist and ensure satisfaction within its society.īernard Marx, an alpha plus, does not feel excepted in his own caste nor treated as being equal. This system is characterized by the equality of all people, which also resembles the ultimate aspiration in Marx’s point of view. This internal tension would lead to its own self-destruction and would therefore be replaced by the new system, the socialism. Karl Marx developed a theory, the so called Marxism, in which the class system of society causes tension between the ‘ruling class’ and the ‘working class’. Bernard Marx name refers to Karl Marx,the founder of socialism.

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