Bertolt Brecht: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}6DSiD5CQ_Uk What keeps mankind alive?] The fact that millions are daily stifled, tortured, punished, silenced and oppressed. Mankind can keep alive thanks to its brilliance -- by keeping its humanity repressed. For once, you must not try to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.''}}

 

* ''The Caucasian Chalk Circle'' (play, 1944)

* ''Stories Of Mr. Keuner'' (collection of short stories, first published 1948 with 39 stories, most recently published with 121 collected stories)

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* [[Alternative Character Interpretation]]: It is the fate of Brecht's plays that (at least, substantial parts of) audiences often see characters in a different way than Brecht intended them. For example:

** Some think that [[The Threepenny Opera|Mack the Knife]] is a [[Lovable Rogue]]. Brecht thought he was scum.

 

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