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    Literature Companion: The Good Woman of Setzuan
    Literature Companion: The Good Woman of Setzuan
    Literature Companion: The Good Woman of Setzuan
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    Literature Companion: The Good Woman of Setzuan

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    The story of the play revolves around a young prostitute named Shen Teh. She struggles hard to live a life that is moral and good. She does not want to be abused and trod upon by those people who would accept and abuse her goodness.

    Shen Teh’s neighbor and friends are quite brutal and they are only worried about filling their bellies. She is compelled to invent an alter ego to protect herself. She creates a male cousin named Shui Ta. He becomes a cold and stern protector of Shen Te’s interest.

    Literature Companion: The Good Woman of Setzuan
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    Chapter One: Introduction
    Chapter Two: Plot Overview
    Chapter Three: Characters
    Chapter Four: Complete Summary
    Prologue
    Summary All Scenes
    Chapter Five: Critical Analysis

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRaja Sharma
    Release dateJul 22, 2014
    ISBN9781311551726
    Literature Companion: The Good Woman of Setzuan

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      Literature Companion: The Good Woman of Setzuan

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      Literature Companion: The Good Woman of Setzuan

      History World

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      Chapter One: Introduction

      The Good Woman of Setzuan by Bertolt Brecht was first performed in 1943. The German title of the play is Der gute Mensch von Sezuan.

      Later, it was first translated less literally as The Good Woman of Setzuan. The author wrote this play while living in exile in the United States. He had started writing it in 1938 and completed it in 1943.

      The first performance of the play took place at the Zurich Schauspielhaus in Switzerland.

      The Good Woman of Setzuan is a very good example of non-Aristotelian drama. It is a dramatic form which is performed on stage with the methods of epic theatre.

      The play is in fact a parable. It is set in the Chinese city of Sichuan.

      The story of the play revolves around a young prostitute named Shen Teh. She struggles hard to live a life that is moral and good. She does not want to be abused and trod upon by those people who would accept and abuse her goodness.

      Shen Teh’s neighbor and friends are quite brutal and they are only worried about filling their bellies. She is compelled to invent an alter ego to protect herself. She creates a male cousin named Shui Ta. He becomes a cold and stern protector of Shen Te’s interest.

      The central theme of the play is qualitative goodness. To live a good life, Shen Te has to live under the guise of both Shen Te and Shui Ta.

      The author seems to be conveying a very important fact that the economic systems determine the morality of a society. The author’s interest in historical materialism is quite evident.

      Chapter Two: Plot Overview

      As the play begins, Wang, a water seller, appears on stage. He addresses the audience directly and explains to them that he is on the outskirts of the city. He says that he is waiting for the foretold appearance of many important gods.

      After a short while, the gods appear and ask Wang to find them a place to pass the night. The gods are very tired, having travelled far and wide in search of good

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