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    A SURVEY OF THE MARXIST HEROES' FALL IN SELECTED PLAYS OF FEMI OSOFISAN
    (Department Of English, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2021-12-17) Terhemba, Shija; Daniel, Philip Moles; Anike, Adeshina
    This paper is a scholarship survey of the characterization of heroism in the context of the three selected works of Femi Osofisan in depicting the failure of presumed societal heroes of positive change with reference to Altine's Wrath, The Oriki of a Grasshopper and Birthdays Are Not for Dying. The theoretical framework is Marxism Theory. The Theory, which is driven on the platform of pitching socialists against capitalists is known for the detest of the bourgeoise class by its proprietors. The Paper negotiates the idea that the vehement agitation of the socialists may in actual fact be a mere public- display of ideology and in certain cases, have underlying admiration for the very upper class it publicly attacks. Hence, the paper captures excerpts from the selected plays in negotiating this betrayal dim hypocritical hidden disposition of the presumed positive change agents.