ENGLISH 1C06 Lecture : History of English Literature-Mar.8 Mrs. Dalloway (continued)
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Ideology: the ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas. The power of the state resides in ideology. Hegemony the way ideology is disseminated. What is shown of class: deep divisions between classes, clarissa as a snob, neglecting ellie henderson because she is jus the vicker"s daughter", loathing miss. Navy stores and not being able to afford them: social mobility: hugh witbread makes sure that the class that accepts him continue to exclude others. Sally seaton"s lord rosseter someone who is presumably were grasping, canny hardworking who become part of the aristocracy based on wealth. Clarissa will not visit because he is of the lower class: mrs. Walker in the kitchen - her work does not let her connect with the world of power. The world of jane austen still exists, the enormously powerful rule, excluding.