brecht assignment 
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Brecht wanted audiences to find political lessons in his drama through the conflict of viewpoints, rather than any blatant ‘message’. Does he achieve this in Mother Courage?!
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Brechts idea that man and society could be intellectually analysed that led him to develop his theory of "epic theatre." Brecht believed that theatre should appeal not to the spectator's feelings but to his reason.While still providing entertainment, it should be strongly didactic and capable of provoking social change. In the Realistic theatre of illusion, he argued, the spectator tended to identify with the characters on stage and become emotionally involved with them rather than being stirred to think about his own life
(Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. 1995). Although, the structure of the question must be opposed to due to the political lessons which lead to social, economic and moral issues, are mentioned through conflicting viewpoints that are created from blatant messages and clear dramatisation. In Brecht’s conceptualisation of theatre in war he does achieve his didactic view within Mother Courage through the notions of his theatre such as: alienation between the action and the audience to emphasise the importance of movement and dialogue in relation to his view of politics, the emotional detachment set towards the caricatures to understand their oppression on a larger societal scale and the dramatic props and deliberate stage movements to declare forceful reasoning of what Brecht is trying to point out. These combinations of blatant messages and conflicting viewpoints form an umbrella of political lessons that revolve around the impassive selfishness within the authority figures that lead to an imploding society. !
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Brecht develops an economical struggle in war from the political oppression in the play’s society. He achieves a contrast in scene 2 between the two main individuals in this scene,
The General and Eilif, to distinguish the benefits of having a high hierarchal
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Brecht wanted audiences to find political lessons in his drama through the conflict of viewpoints, rather than any blatant ‘message’. Does he achieve this in Mother Courage?!
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Brechts idea that man and society could be intellectually analysed that led him to develop his theory of "epic theatre." Brecht believed that theatre should appeal not to the spectator's feelings but to his reason.While still providing entertainment, it should be strongly didactic and capable of provoking social change. In the Realistic theatre of illusion, he argued, the spectator tended to identify with the characters on stage and become emotionally involved with them rather than being stirred to think about his own life
(Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. 1995). Although, the structure of the question must be opposed to due to the political lessons which lead to social, economic and moral issues, are mentioned through conflicting viewpoints that are created from blatant messages and clear dramatisation. In Brecht’s conceptualisation of theatre in war he does achieve his didactic view within Mother Courage through the notions of his theatre such as: alienation between the action and the audience to emphasise the importance of movement and dialogue in relation to his view of politics, the emotional detachment set towards the caricatures to understand their oppression on a larger societal scale and the dramatic props and deliberate stage movements to declare forceful reasoning of what Brecht is trying to point out. These combinations of blatant messages and conflicting viewpoints form an umbrella of political lessons that revolve around the impassive selfishness within the authority figures that lead to an imploding society. !
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Brecht develops an economical struggle in war from the political oppression in the play’s society. He achieves a contrast in scene 2 between the two main individuals in this scene,
The General and Eilif, to distinguish the benefits of having a high hierarchal