The Incredible Mother Courage!
Mother Courage is a beyond incredible play. This is one of my favorites by far. I truly love how Bertolt Brecht captures the war in his play. This play gives such an amazing view of war and what it was like to live in the time of the war. “Mother Courage” may seem like a character without feelings and completely obsessed with earning money but I see that there is more to her than that. Brecht originally wrote the part for his own wife so I feel that he identifies with it more than it seems. His wife may be an actress but I feel that he wrote the part with many more motherly aspects because he probably had inspiration from his own wife’s motherly abilities. Yes, “Mother Courage” should have just gotten away from the war and saved her and her children’s lives but she didn’t therefore, she had to display courage in the way that she had to accept her children’s deaths quicker than most and move on with life. To some this may seem insensitive but it is really a courageous quality because she was hiding her pain and in the event of such tragedies it is probably one of the hardest things to ever do. I personally believe that Brecht created “Mother Courage” to be a courageous character and not the opposite.
I agree that this is an incredible Play... I absolutely loved it and followed the whole reading with intensity. He gives a detailed and vivid description of how war is, and how all characters hold a specific 'meaning.' Mother courage was expressed so well as capitalism, in the aspect that she means well, but in the end she looses everything... Even after she looses everything, she keeps on going. This showing that capitalism may mean well, but in the end it is bad, and even when it is bad it keeps on going! This play was sensational and very emotion in the aspect that it makes one think of the realities of war.
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