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The Good Woman of Setzuan

Bertolt Brecht

Paperback | Pages: 112 pages

Rating: 3.72 | 6359 Users | 206 Reviews

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Title	:	The Good Woman of Setzuan
Author	:	Bertolt Brecht
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 112 pages
Published	:	November 15th 1999 by University of Minnesota Press (first published 1953)
Categories	:	Plays. Drama. Classics. European Literature. German Literature. Fiction. Academic. School. Theatre

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In 1952, Hannah Arendt hailed Bertolt Brecht as "beyond a doubt the greatest living German poet and possibly the greatest living European playwright." His plays, widely taught and studied, are searing critiques of civilizations run amok.During the thirties, the subversive nature of his work sent Brecht from Germany to Scandinavia and later to the United States. The Good Woman of Setzuan, written during Brecht's exile and set in Communist China, is a parable of a young woman torn between obligation and reality, between love and practicality, and between her own needs and those of her friends and neighbors.

Adhering closely to the original German text, this is a performance-friendly translation of one of Brecht's most popular plays.

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Original Title:	Der gute Mensch von Sezuan
ISBN:	0816635277 (ISBN13: 9780816635276)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Wang, Shen Te, Shui Ta
Setting:	China

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Ratings: 3.72 From 6359 Users | 206 Reviews

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Had to read it in school in 13th grade and actually read it. It was quite funny in an unwanted way I think (some formulations). At the beginning easy to read but as it went on it got more confusing because of the many different characters and what they really wanted and only pretended to want. Plus we've talked about in school for about 20 weeks too long, it just got annoying. Brecht himself is quite an interesting topic though.

2.5 stars. I like the concept, but not so much the ending. The characters weren't interesting to me, and I just wanted to slap most of them. However I like what this play tried to do, and I don't regret having read it, even if it was for uni.

I have very mixed feelings about this play. Shen Te makes Jean Valjean look like a dream: can't you both be rich and good? Not all of the good suffer and not all of the evil ones prosper, or do they? And if all of us decide to become Shen Te, wouldn't all of us be happy? The dilemma arises when the good are outnumbered by the greedy and the selfish. Then, like in Setzuan, the exploitation of the virtuous begins which gives birth to the Shui Tas of society. Goodness stops being useful. Another

I want to go with the one I love. I do not want to calculate the cost. I do not want to think about whether it's good. I do not want to know whether he loves me. I want to go with whom I love.Brecht is brutal here, situating his play in China, dangling the Gods who swing between Divine Indifference and Hypocrisy and filling the ranks with all the avarice and sloth that floats from our unctuous species. Some (may) find exception with the titular heroine and her Manichean solution to the query --

Almost the only piece of Brecht with a reasonable portion of humor. Made me think of Molière, for some reason. More human than the other pieces of Brecht.

Schoolreading.Okay, I'll admit that I always found Brecht boring in school. It wasn't because of the content, no, it was because he was so schematic. You could literally analyse his works to death, and that's exactly what we did with this one. Well, at least I aced all the tests about "Der Gute Mensch von Sezuan". Analysing things to death was kind of my specialty. Guess that's why I became a lawyer. ;-)