The Bedbug is a fictional and satirical work whose theme is the struggle against the remnants of the petty-bourgeois mentality in all its forms. In this play, Mayakovsky ridicules the post-New Economic Policy innovations in the Soviet Union. The main ...
The Bedbug is a fictional and satirical work whose theme is the struggle against the remnants of the petty-bourgeois mentality in all its forms. In this play, Mayakovsky ridicules the post-New Economic Policy innovations in the Soviet Union. The main goal of Mayakovsky's satire is to show an element of the ruling class that is contaminated by the bourgeoisie and petty bourgeoisie. The bedbug, a blood-sucking insect, is a symbol of this contamination, this dirty insect is actually an irony of all the filth that is in the bed of contamination, this dirty insect is actually an irony of all the filth that grows in the bed of contamination of time. Also, in this play, bureaucracy and the negative aspects of the social organization of the economy and the tendency to despotism and self-indulgence of bureaucrats are shown.
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