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Mother Courage Outline
Plot Summary
Mother Courage a play written by Bertolt Brecht is a book about a woman and her children who are living in the midst of the Thirty Years’ War. ... Anna who is known as Mother Courage is the nickname given to this woman because she shows strength and ingenuity through all difficult moments. ... Mother Courages’ business strives because of the war. ... The irony behind this story is that Mother Courage survives solely on the profits she makes from the war, yet she looses her children because of the war. The biggest mistake in this story is that Mother Courage believes that living of the war would help her become wealthy and provide for her children but in reality what happens is that in the end of the war she remains in her poverty and stays lonely with nobody to look after her. In the end she continues to push her wagon as a symbol the shows that people must go on and somehow we can find courage.
Major Characters
Mother Courage – Anna who is given the name of Mother Courage is motivated by the war in hopes to escape poverty and save enough money to help her survive during peace time. ... Mother Courage portrays a character that will not surrender to anything. ...
Swiss Cheese – He is Mother Courage’s honest son. ... He changes because Mother courage tell shim to stop being so truthful and plays along with the story that he is not the guy with the cash box. ...
Minor Characters
Kattrin – She is Mother Courage’s mute daughter who is said to be kindhearted. The function of this character is to provide Mother Courage with help in the canteen. ... She is also the reason why Mother Courage refused to leave with the Cook. ...
Chaplain – He becomes the only man figure that Mother Courage can rely on when both of her sons are gone. He helps Mother Courage in the canteen. He is also the person who advised Mother Courage to buy superfluous goods because of the war, but because the war had ended Mother Courage lost all her money. ...
Black Cross- The black cross is a symbol that foreshadows the death of Mother Courage’s two children, Swiss Cheese and Kattrin.
Approximate Word count = 1793
Approximate Pages = 7.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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