The Communist Manifesto

The communist manifesto is a documentation with the goal of expressing the purpose behind communism and predicting its inevitable future. Its uses evocative extreme language as well as creating a clear line between who is good and who is evil, both of which reflect a level of melodrama. It sees communists as playing the role of the "hero" and anyone who opposes communism as the defininitive "villain.

In the second part of the manifesto, it says that the "Communists therefore, are on the one had, practically, the most advanced and resolute section of the working class parties of every country, the section which pushes forward all others". This is a melodramatic statement because it not only depicts the communists as a hero, pushing forward other people towards what is claimed by the manifesto and being the "right" and "good" outcome. It is also melodramatic because it expresses that the hero are at a disadvantage, they are working class and have to overcome that in order to achieve their heroic capabilities.

In section four of the manifesto, it describes the Communists in relation to all the other opposition that they face. It expresses the belief in revolution that is at the core of communism. Revolution relates to the idea of revelation that is common in melodrama. Revolution involves a sense of a revelation of a new idea of what is good in the form of determining a new group that should have the power. The Manifesto states that "the Communists everywhere support every revolutionary movement against the existing social and political order of things". Communists wanted to take power from the upper classes, who play the melodramatic role of the aristocratic villain, like the Malfoys in Harry Potter. They believe in a revelation that brings power back to the working classes, abolishing class antagonism and private property.

In both tone and content, the Communist Manifesto contains a lot of the qualities of melodrama. Though it is completely real and not meant to be entertaining or theatrical, it still evokes the catharsis that a melodramatic movie or play does.