1. Bertolt Brecht
This human being's suffering moves me because there would be have been a way out for him. ... These techniques are used to distance the audience from the characters and situations, and encourage them to think objectively about the play's content; he wanted reactions like "This human being's suffering moves me because there would have been a way out." ... The uncanny relationship between communism, World War II, and the play, exercise a didactic part in Brecht's portrayal of class, sacrifice and ownership. ... The parable educates people the value of sacrifice, similarly ...
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