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November 26, 2024
The much we didn’t learn from The Caucasian Chalk Circle By Kelvin Kiarie A few months ago a prominent lawyer took to social media to complain about the legal system in Kenya. Apparently frustrated after losing a case, the learned friend likened Kenyan judges to Azdak in Bertolt Brecht’s play the caucasian chalk circle. Predictably,
READ MORESample by Elija Ntongai Question: The only way that Azdak can uphold justice is by being unconventional. Write an essay that justifies the unusual things that Azdak does as a judge. Since justice is a key pillar in every society, it is essential that justice be easily accessible to everyone. However, in many societies, the
READ MORE“The society has lost its moral value.” Using Bertolt Brecht’s play, The Caucasian Chalk Circle for your illustrations, show the truth of this statement. Moral values are like a society’s unwritten constitution that governs people’s behavior. Morals define acceptable and unacceptable conduct in a society. When people lose their moral values, the society is likely
READ MORESample by Elijah Ntongai “During political strife, it is the common man who suffers most.” Basing your argument on Bertolt Brecht’s play The Caucasian Chalk Circle justify the truth of this statement. In the event of political strife it is usually common citizens, not the ruling class, who bare the full brunt of the violence
READ MORESatire Bertolt Brecht uses the play to criticize the society, its various institutions and practices. Satire is commonly used in plays because it has the advantage of criticizing without annoying the subjects and the audience. It achieves this through its use of humour and an indirect approach. The play satirises capitalism, the ruling class, the
READ MORESongs Songs are an important part of the play especially since the story told by Arkadi is itself in the form of a song. Together with his four singers, he uses songs stylistically to facilitate the delivery of the play. The function of songs alternates between: developing the plot by giving more information about characters
READ MOREThe Caucasian Chalk Circle examines the relations between different classes in a socially stratified society. The society in the play consists of the rich and the poor. These two classes are at war because the rich use their wealth and influence to oppress the poor in their quest for more wealth or power. Having political
READ MOREWritten in the US by a German exile, the play is diverse in culture, rich in history and full of humour. Bretch beautifully blends historical events in the soviet and oral tradition of the Chinese; the result is the beautiful postmodern play that is The Caucasian Chalk Circle. Aptly set in the post world war
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