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This post analyzes William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" and a Korean novel "Dr. Choi Tae Soo" using a Marxist approach. Both stories involve struggles with social hierarchy. In "Romeo and Juliet", the two young lovers come from feuding families who view their children as objects to raise their status in the social hierarchy, ultimately leading to the lovers' tragic deaths. "Dr. Choi Tae Soo" is about a medical intern treated as disposable by residents trying to climb the hierarchy, showing how people seek to control those below them in stratified systems. The post explores how hierarchies influence social worth and power dynamics in both classic and modern stories.

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INTRO

This post analyzes William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" and a Korean novel "Dr. Choi Tae Soo" using a Marxist approach. Both stories involve struggles with social hierarchy. In "Romeo and Juliet", the two young lovers come from feuding families who view their children as objects to raise their status in the social hierarchy, ultimately leading to the lovers' tragic deaths. "Dr. Choi Tae Soo" is about a medical intern treated as disposable by residents trying to climb the hierarchy, showing how people seek to control those below them in stratified systems. The post explores how hierarchies influence social worth and power dynamics in both classic and modern stories.

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INTRO:

We cling to hierarchies because our place in a hierarchy is, rightly or wrongly, a major indicator of our
social worth.

-- Harold Leavitt

Domo! Are you curious about what this post aims to do?

Come! Explore my Fetchbook as we analyze these two amazing stories using the Marxist approach - A
tragic story about the forbidden passion shared by two young lovers from opposing families and a new
Korean novel that will make you appeal to your satisfaction senses.

“Romeo and Juliet” is a tragedy written by the great William Shakespeare that captured and enticed
everyone’s heart. It is a story about a young man and woman, who fell in love but are destined for
tragedy due to their warring families.

This happened during the reminiscence era wherein social stratification was a thing. These two families
considered their children as “objects” as they only used them to raise their status to climb to the social
ladder of the hierarchy that eventually led to the death of the main characters. This system made the
characters grow selfish and impatient, as they were born with silver spoons and do as they please. In
addition, this tale explores how those with control seek to be superior over others, as shown by other
characters from the two families. (Art by: John H. F. Bacon)

Dr. Choi Tae Soo is a Korean novel about a trash intern, Choi Tae-Soo, who became a genius thoracic
surgeon. This novel and the story, “Romeo and Juliet” happened during different eras, but they share
the same conflict, which is the hierarchy struggle.

Intern students were treated as walking cans as they only follow what their residents ordered them to
do, since it reflects to their seniors’ performance. Residents trample the intern students to reach the top
of the medical hierarchy. Furthermore, this story shows how regulated people want to be higher than
the most, similar to the tragedy, "Romeo and Juliet".

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