Marxist (Social & Political)
Explore the class or classes of society represented in the work.
What are the prevailing manners, customs, habits, and dress of that class.
How do economic conditions determine the characters’ lives.
How are the characters coping with their status? How is this shown?
What ideological values are explicit or implicit.
Does the work challenge or affirm the social order it describes?
If the writer describes a social problem, does he or she offer a solution to the problem.
What is the “universal” appeal in this work? Despite the depiction of a certain class or society, is there any exploration of the human experience? In what way?