Essay heading: "The Marxist notion of law as the handmaid of exploitation is everywhere in evidence" (Keith Dickson). Discuss this view of Der Kaukadische Kreidekreis.
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The concepts of class struggle, revolutionary justice and democratic socialism passed onto Brecht by Korsch were of great influence to the subject matter of his future productions and the further development of the epische Theater and Lehrstucke. Brecht aimed to provide an alternative to traditional bourgeois theater, forcing his audience to think critically about what was being enacted in front of them... displayed 300 characters
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Brecht aimed to provide an alternative to traditional bourgeois theater, forcing his audience to think critically about what was being enacted in front of them. As he asked in a 1939 essay on experimental theater:-
"How can theater be entertaining and at the same time instructive? ? and transformed from a place of illusion to a place of insight?"
In essence, Brecht believed theater should be utilized as a means to improve society through the education of his audience, as opposed to being merely a mere form of entertainment... displayed next 300 characters
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