Plagiarism: Art As Commodity and Strategies for ... - El plagio literario

Helen, sweet Helen, you fucking genius,
Know that your words have won me at the last
To join the police force and enjoy its benefits.
Yet not your words only but mine own fantasy
That will receive no object for my head,
But ruminates on the Will To Power.
Liberty is odious and obscure,
Fraternity and Brotherhood are for petty wits;
Equality is basest of the three,
Unpleasant, harsh, contemptible and vile,
Tis Power, Power, that hath ravished me.
So sexed-up bitch, aid me in this attempt,
I have the application form in my pocket,
Help me fill it in.
HELEN: Faustus, this form, thy wit, and my cunning,
Shall make all London Canonize us.
As running dog communists to their totalitarian states,
So shall the criminals of Bethnal Green,
Always be serviceable to us two.
Like lions they shall guard us when we please.
Like cows in rut, or bitch dogs on heat,
Or rent boys following Johnny Dollar,
Sometimes like sex objects they shall bare an arse to you,
So that you can truly boast you've had more arse than a toilet seat.
The bent businessman — and which businessman isn't bent? — shall worship you,
Carrying great argosies of flowers to lay at your feet,
If ambitious Faustus will be resolute.
FAUSTUS: Helen, as resolute am I in this
As thou to live, therefore object it not.
HELEN: The Power a police career will give you,
Will make thee vow to work at nothing else.
He that is grounded in authority,
Enriched with training and a uniform,
Hath all the principles that Power doth require.
PAULINE: Sweet Faustus, think of communism and working class solidarity!
HELEN: No, Faustus, think of Power, and of Wealth!
FAUSTUS: Wealth, why the whole of Mare Street shall be mine,
When the force of law stands behind me and my uniform,
What Revolution can hurt me? Faustus thou art safe;
Cast no more doubt. I'll complete this form and post it off.
HELEN: Well said Faustus.
PAULINE: You fucking scab!
Act 3
FAUSTUS: Now that the gloomy shadow of the night,
Longing to view Orion's drizzling look,
Leaps from the antarctic world unto the sky,
And dims the welkin with her pitchy breath,
Faustus, make ready for the interview,
Seeing as thou hast filled in the application form.
Within thy heart is Adolf Hitler's name
Forward and backward anagrammatized:
The abbreviated names of leading nazis and other fascist dictators,
Figures explaining the basics of capitalist ecconomics,
And characters and symbols of liberalism
By which the bourgeoisie were able to rise.
Then fear not Faustus to be resolute
And try thy best to make the grade as a trainee P.C.
(Enter the Recruiting Officer)