Bertolt Brecht: Mother Courage and Her Children Seminar Paper Theatrical & Dramatic Conventions Brechts intensions when writing Mother Courage and her children were to communicate his beliefs and make people aware of two issues facing society: war and capitalism. According to Brecht, people des...

Tragedy is, and always has been, a popular form of play, used by Shakespeare in his plays and the ancient Greeks. There is something about the wonderful horror of seeing another suffer that has always fascinated people through time, and it is this fascination that tragedies play upon. That is not al...