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Mother Courage and Her Children: A Chronicle of the Thirty Years' War
Mother Courage and Her Children A Chronicle of the Thirty Years' War Author:Bertolt Brecht, Eric Bentley (Translator) A masterpiece of modern drama, Mother Courage and Her Children is a darkly comic play which manages to waltz on the knife-edge of tragedy. At first blush, it seems like a mere play about war, but it is really about the economics of survival. Mother Courage herself, the play's protagonist, in her battle hardened world-view, embodies all the c... more »onflict and paradox of humanity. Despite what seems like Brecht's attempt to portray her negatively, she is neither good nor bad. She is not a mere victim of social circumstance or fate, nor is she in complete control of her destiny, and neither, by extension, are we.« less