link Flashcards
1
Q
context of the anyone accused of throughtcrime who ‘disappears’ in the night and presumed executed or vaporised?
A
a policy reminiscent of the great purges of Stalinist Russia or the Night of the Long Knives in Hitler’s Nazi Party
2
Q
what is different with 1984 unlike the clearly divided social class of Metropolis?
A
the climate of fear in totalitarian London, coupled with the ever-present eye of Big Brother through the telescreens and the slogan ‘Big Brother is Watching You’, encourages people to oppress themselves, as people live in fear of being accused, falsely or otherwise, and executed
