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The Good Woman of Setzuan by Bertolt Brecht
2.5
"Who can long refuse to be bad?"
A socialist parable in the form of a play. We follow Shen Te as she tries to run her business and be 'good' in capitalist society - two things which we quickly find and mutually exclusive. Such to the point that she invents a male alter ego to ensure she is able to flourish and protect herself, yet slowly become corrupted.
This is a rather simple critique of capitalism - there is little i can myself critique about it, but I also don't think it is a necessary or essential read.
"Your injunction
To be good and yet to live
Was a thunderbolt:
It has torn me in two
I can't tell how it was
But to be good to others
And myself at the same time
I could not do it"
A socialist parable in the form of a play. We follow Shen Te as she tries to run her business and be 'good' in capitalist society - two things which we quickly find and mutually exclusive. Such to the point that she invents a male alter ego to ensure she is able to flourish and protect herself, yet slowly become corrupted.
This is a rather simple critique of capitalism - there is little i can myself critique about it, but I also don't think it is a necessary or essential read.
"Your injunction
To be good and yet to live
Was a thunderbolt:
It has torn me in two
I can't tell how it was
But to be good to others
And myself at the same time
I could not do it"