The Voice Of Protest in Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children

Abstract

Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is a prominent German writer who devotes his pen to reform human life. He believes in man power to change, build, and reform life. He addresses in all his plays this latent capacity to revolt against any force that tries to turn the human soul into savages. He is certain that the authentic enemies of human are '' war and capitalism, thus he keeps warning his people of tasting the bitterness of another world war''(Lall 5). He does not want to tell half- truth in his political plays that are injected with appalling truth about the authentic grounds behind human violence. His pen is enriched with hatred against any war. He makes full benefit of his personal experiences in witnessing violence. Unfortunately his life witnesses the out breaking of the two world wars, then he is forced to forced under political grounds to endure three exiles from 1933 to 1948. From the womb of exile ,many masterpieces watches the light. The actual throes of his exile adds great persuasion to his words.