Anthems In Animal Farm
George Orwell's allegorical novel Animal Farm contains various anthems adopted by the eponymous farm, most notably the original anthem "Beasts of England" and its later replacement "Comrade Napoleon".
This change is used to show the corruption of the principles of the animals' rebellion by Animal Farm's leader Napoleon. Both the The Internationale and "Beasts of England" reflected the principals of Marxism and Animalism, respectively. Their replacement by different anthems reflect how these ideologies were arguably distorted by Stalin and Napoleon and thus had to be replaced and suppressed.
The development corresponds to the historical events of 1943, when Joseph Stalin had The Internationale, hitherto anthem of the Soviet Union, replaced with a new, more patriotic national anthem. However, while "Beasts of England" was outlawed in the novel, The Internationale was not banned by the Soviet Union at any time and remained as the anthem of the Communist Party.
Read more about Anthems In Animal Farm: "Beasts of England", "Animal Farm!", "Comrade Napoleon", 1999 Film Adaptation
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