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The Pearl – A Summary of John Steinbeck’s Novel

Summary by George Mulama The story begins at dawn in the house of the main character Kino. A scorpion stings the baby and the screams of the baby alert the neighbours. Kino’s family and the neighbours leave towards the doctor’s residence. On realising that Kino is from a different race, and he is poor,

Satire in The Caucasian Chalk Circle (by Bertolt Brecht)

Satire 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

Song as a style in Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle

Songs 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