... audience's interest and keeps us from being constantly aware, despite Brecht's huge contrivance and artificiality, that we are watching a play. The program claims the The Good Woman of Setzuan is a parable about the impossiblity of goodness in an evil world, but, in the world of the play, evil seems equally impossible. More precisely, good and evil are incommensurable with the values ... ...

• Word Count: 2078
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... story is a whisper to the result of Grusha's trial. The emperor is portrayed as the epitome of justice and gives a true verdict. The trial scene is also adapted from the parable of King Solomon. Solomon the paragon of justice and truth oversees the trial of two mothers, one child is dead the other alive, they seek custody of the alive child ... ...

• Word Count: 856
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School