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May 14, 2025
“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 MORE‘The play, The Caucasian Chalk Circle is satirical.’ Write an essay to show the validity of this statement, drawing illustrations from Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle: “In society, some institutions and individuals have weaknesses which make them do things that are contrary to the expectation of those who rely on them.
READ MOREBY KIARIE RANJI In Betort Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Continue reading
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 MORE1. Read the extract below the answer all the questions that follow The procession turns into the gateway. Again the ADJUTANT lingers behind. He waits. Enter the wounded rider form the doorway. To IRONSHIRTS of the Palace Guard have taken up positions by the gateway. ADJUTANT (to RIDER): The Governor does not wish to receive
READ MORERead the excerpt below and then answer the questions that follows A peasant’s cottage appears. GRUSHA: (to the CHILD): Noontime, eating time. Now we’ll sit hopefully in the grass, while the good Grusha goes and buys a little pitcher of milk. (She lays the CHILD down and knocks at the cottage door. An OLD MAN
READ MORERead the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow. THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE GRUSHA (to the CHILD): Noontime is meal time. Now we’ll sit hopefully in the grass, while he good Grusha goes and buys a little pitcher of milk. (She lays the CHILD down and knocks at the cottage door. An old man
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 MOREEffects of fighting and war in The Caucasian Chalk Circle THE EFFECTS OF WAR Brecht analyzes the causes, effects and alternatives to wars. The text features a total of four wars: the second world war, the war in Persia, the coup by the princes and the civil war that followed the peasants’ revolution. There are
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