Criticism of the political system on a microcosmic level: Global politics in an industrial town in John Arden's The Workhouse Donkey

Abstract

Hence, what is treated in the play in microcosmic level is, in fact, a reection of politics in a macrocosmic, global, level. In the play, it is the system that is being criticized regardless of its local representation. Rather than targeting a political party or a political view, Arden points out that it is always a gure of authority that is blamed for the system and overthrown. In this regard, the play illustrates the arguments put Makale Bilgisi