How might the bell ensemble’s musical performances illustrate “useless” conspicuous consumption? Yet what useful function might these performances serve for the Marquis?
What will be an ideal response?
• The bell ensemble performances represented elaborate and expensive artistic productions, essentially "useless" to human survival.
• These musical performances and instruments—even to the point of burying people presumed to be performers with the expensive bell set in the Marquis's tomb--served the useful function of projecting his regal ambitions, his elevated status and his wealth.
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