Is doing nothing and remaining neutral worse than actively committing evil? Why or why not?
Marxists believe it is the peoples duty to change the society they are in and to reject the norms and values that exist due to a capitalist society. The hollow men in the poem are passive and they don't bring any change or progression to their surroundings. They are described as shadows and they are simply 'behaving as the wind behaves' they are empty and unmoved. Because of this they are completely passive and seem to live without thought or purpose. If the hollow men were committing an act even if it was considered an evil one at least they would be doing something significant A Marxist critic would view the hollow men negatively as they have no impact on society as they don't challenge it in any way but if they committed an act of evil they might be viewed differently because they were reacting to society in some way and fulfilling some kind of purpose rather than doing nothing at all. By committing an evil act they would be rejecting the false conciousness of society which would be viewed as better by Marxists than staying passive as they are conditioned too by capitalist ideas.
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