Marxism in the Thirteenth Night

Isamu and Roku, the two male characters in this story are having the same thing. They both neglect their family, and they don’t care about their wives. They are selfish, and they only care about their own feeling. However, because the social class of Isamu is higher than Roku, their life are different. Roku’s wife decided to leave him because Roku could not provide any help for a long time. In the other side, Isamu, a successful man has a good fortune, his influence help Oseki’s family get better. This caused Oseki struggled to tell she wanted to divorce to her parents.

Then, it seems to me the lesson Roku teaches Oseki is even though she marry to the man who she loves, she still will suffer the same kind of pain as now. Maybe it will be worst than now. Next, no matter what kind of social class are men in, they all will do the same thing to their family. The level of social class doesn’t mean the mind of men are different. In fact, they will be the same sometimes, like Roku has the same bad behavior as Isamu. They all ignore the right and feeling of women. Moreover, I think the significance of Oseki meeting with Roku is that the author wish there is no gap between the capitalists and working class. For example, although Oseki and Roku are in the different social class, they were talking with each other without any belittle. They shared their story and cared each other. It makes me forgot how different their social class they are.