Mother Courage Analysis

MOTHER COURAGE Bertolt BrechtPlot Brecht Plot Overview Mother Courage  opens in Dalarna, spring 1624, in the

 The *haplain and *oo' appear and they tal' a(o%t politics! The *oo' remar's ironically that their 'ing is l%c'y to have his

 The *haplain and *oo' appear and they tal' a(o%t politics! The *oo' remar's ironically that their 'ing is l%c'y to have his

enters, threatening the the captain/s m%rder!! m%rder "pparently he has stolen his reward for resc%ing the *olonel/s horse!

Both men are now convinced that they are lost! ilif then enters in fetters! 9e faces eec%tion for another of his raids and has

herself to the wagon! =0 m%st get (ac' into (%siness= she resolves andmoves and moves after the regiment!*haracte regiment! *haracte @ist ote.

Cook 8 The *haplain/s rival for *o%rage/s a-ections and (read! The *oo' is an aging Don ?%an, a (achelor long past his

A!A"YS#S O$ MA%OR CHARACTERS& Mother Courage )other *o%rage is, to (orrow a phrase from alter Benamin,

some sensed damned to her la(or for eternity! "s Brecht notes programmatically in the Courage Model Book,  *o%rage,

One of two characters dependent on )other *o%rage as their =feed(ag,= the *haplain initially appears as a cynical, wooden

 The *haplain/s rival for *o%rage/s a-ections and (read, the *oo' is an aging Don ?%an, a (achelor long past his days as the

#o%ls of the arth!= "s we will see, Brecht often attri(%tes these virt%es ironically! *o%rage, for eample, is often a coward, and ilif is more a

Despite these similarities, it is clear that Brecht f%ndamentally departsfrom the morality play tradition as well! *ertainly *o%rage;eplicitl

)usiness prati-es Deemed a =damned so%l= in the Model Book,  )other *o%rage wor's tirelessly, resting only once

intervention;one that (rea's her stony silence;is the salvation of the children of 9alle! S+'.ols  Yvette/s red (oots are one of

 The #ergeant demands to see her license! Eishing o%t a n%m(er of papers, *o%rage moc's his re7%est! 9e again (emoans

his own epigrammatic prophecy. =hen a war gives yo% all yo% earnH One day it may claim something in ret%rnI= Anal+sis

peace, people eat what they will, leave their possessions %nco%nted, and even come to have no names! 0n war, =everyone

Mother Courage  is no morality play! Eirst, its heroine is not an veryman, nor will *o%rage o-er a =%niversal g%re= with which the a%dience can

*oo' does not (%y the capon, the *ommander will ta'e his head! onpl%ssed, the *oo' (egins to prepare an old c%t of (eef! The

cannot console the living! *o%rage pic's %p the song from the 'itchen, (eating on a pan with a spoon! ilif enters and em(races her!

0n this scene, the thin'er is an eavesdropper, commenting on the conversation in the adacent playing space! *o%rage/s re