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Caucasian Chalk circle

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  BertoltBRECHT
  
  THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Sam Bromley 12sf1
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Prologue Sub-plot
  One of the Sub-plots within the Caucasian chalk circle is the prologue; the prologue
  sets the semiotic scene for the play e.g. the trials between neighbours and how it
  can cause large conflicts that can be stopped by a small amount of law and order.
  The scene is a meeting place in a valley in war engulfed Russia, where two groups
  of farmers, from two different villages meet to decide the fate of the farm land that
  has been under Nazi control for the past years of the war. Before the war the land
  was occupied by the Galinsk Kolchos, but now the opposing village, the Rosa
  Luxemburg's want to take over and grow grape vines on the land. The Galinsk
  Kolchos don't agree with the Rosa Luxemburg's decision and a conflict starts to
  grow. As the two opposing villages quarrel between themselves a singer enters the
  scene and starts talking over the top of them all, then the singer proceeds to explain
  that if he performs his play it may give them the will to sort out there difficulties. This
  is how the main plot of the story starts as the singer's story based on the Chinese
  story of 'The Caucasian Chalk Circle'.
  The main plot 'The Caucasian Chalk Circle'
  The scene is a place called Grusinia it is a large city under the rule of a governor
  named Georgi Abashvili. Georgi Abashvili is a terrified man, the war has not gone in
  his favour and the peasants are revolting...