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Item The Individual under the Repressive State: Political Consciousness in Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities(Department of English, 2012) Rawat, Kali BahadurThis thesis, through Marxist perspective, especially Karl Marx’s theory of class consciousness and George Lukacs’ History and class consciousness, makes critical analysis of class struggle and class consciousness portrayed in Charles Dickens’A Tale of Two Cities.In the novel, the proletariats become conscious about their class, class-ideology and socio-economic condition because of their constant antagonistic relationship with the aristocrats and appalling poverty. It also exposes Dickens’ anti-revolutionary view. Although Dickens has sympathy forthe proletariats, calls for improving their pathetic condition and opines that the aristocrats should not exploit and suppress the proletariats, he ironically rejects the idea of granting freedom through revolution. Dickens concludes that the proletariatsshould create history by sacrificing their own lives to save the aristocrats. After conducting research on Dickens’A Tale of Two Cities, this thesis claims that Dickens, because of his first hand experience of poverty, suppression, exploitation and injustice, sympathises the proletariats, but, as a middle-class-man, he rejects the idea of granting freedom through revolution.Item Political consciousness in Mother by Maxim Gorky(Department of English, 2008) Chalise, Shree DharThe then Russian society has been sketched in the Mother. It depicts the obligatory circumstances of working class people and females who have existing by struggling against the predominant bourgeois and capitalistic ideology. As male workers, females have also struggled against the opponent class and its ideology. Pelageya Nilovna, Sophia, Natasha are the symbols of oppressed, helpless, alienated and illiterate females, know nothing about society and politics in the beginning. Later on Pelageya’s recollection of suffering in the past, Pavel’s opinion, his secret involvement in socialist party and their study of forbidden books sow the seed of consciousness in her mind. She witnesses the worsened condition of workers and females due to illegal detention, suppression, exploitation and atrocity during the Czar regime. This clarifies the necessity to overthrow the existing system as well as to grasp the way of their liberation. The very understanding clarifies their roadmap and promotes their involvement for social change. Moreover, her clear understanding of socio-economic, political structure and certain roadmap matures their consciousness and widens the horizon of their consciousness. Similarly, the misjudgment of their social contribution and biological role, mistreatment of patriarchy and capitalism, and everlasting dependency gives birth to consciousness to gain rights, liberty, freedom, and for radical political change. Gradual development of consciousness and its maturity regards socialism is the best option for females’ liberation.