https://padlet.com/lauryn_wedgeworth/axinnfj85xj8 Mother courage reunited with her lost son en-us 2018-10-29 01:09:12 UTC 2024-06-20 07:46:01 UTC hello@padlet.com lauryn_wedgeworth https://padlet.com/lauryn_wedgeworth/axinnfj85xj8/wish/297839870 I chose this scene because I think that it speaks a lot not only about Mother Courage, but also about families in the war. For some families, when their young men are sent to war, they are never seen again. For Mother Courage to find Eilif both alive and good spirits is not only a blessing, but I feel as though it is a curse for her. It becomes one of those "out of sight out of mind" situations. Now, Mother Courage is reminded of her mistakes, but also her losses; however, one thing that stands out at the end is that she, like a mother, does worry about Eilif. For a split second a touch of pride comes through her character. Unfortunately, this is only shown because she's trying to get the Cook to buy the meat off of her. ]]> 2018-10-29 01:11:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lauryn_wedgeworth/axinnfj85xj8/wish/297839870 lauryn_wedgeworth https://padlet.com/lauryn_wedgeworth/axinnfj85xj8/wish/297847258 One thing that really stands out about this reunion is that Mother Courage's inability to refuse a sale is what caused her to lose Eilif in the first place, but it also leads to their reunion. By having Mother Courage trying to haggle in bother scenarios , Brecht, in my opinion, is showing the stagnation of the war, How it cause a person to become in a fixed state whether they are aware of it or not.]]> 2018-10-29 01:53:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lauryn_wedgeworth/axinnfj85xj8/wish/297847258 lauryn_wedgeworth https://padlet.com/lauryn_wedgeworth/axinnfj85xj8/wish/297848284 The first time we are shown Eilif, he is no longer a son, but instead has been crafted into a solider. Eilif, who we know via Mother Courage's dialogue in Act 1, relishes in the War. You can practically feel the pride he has when recounting his victory to capture the peasants' oxen.  ]]> 2018-10-29 01:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lauryn_wedgeworth/axinnfj85xj8/wish/297848284 lauryn_wedgeworth https://padlet.com/lauryn_wedgeworth/axinnfj85xj8/wish/297851237 For most of the time in which Mother Courage and Eilif are in the same vicinity of each other, Eilif doesn't know. Mother Courage is secluded away in the kitchen. I feel as though this is significant of the metaphorical barrier that exist between returning soldiers and there family. The process of retuning to society from a war zone is not an easy one. Many find that they cannot go back to how things war. They cannot forget what they are taught. By having  the two family members in separate rooms Brecht is showing the divide between those fighting in the war and those back home.]]> 2018-10-29 02:15:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lauryn_wedgeworth/axinnfj85xj8/wish/297851237 lauryn_wedgeworth https://padlet.com/lauryn_wedgeworth/axinnfj85xj8/wish/297860314 The reason that I have included this clip is due to Eilif's tactic that he describes on page 37 in which he discuss purposefully withholding rations from his fellow troops. War is not fair not it human. The art of war has always been the ends. The beginning nor the middle never matters. Eilif had a goal is and wanted to achieve it by any means necessary. I included a clip from the TV show  Hannibal for two reasons. I believe that the conversation between two concisely sums up the rational of war which is that the end result justify the means that it takes to reach it. The second is the dynamic between the two characters through out the run of the show. Hannibal manipulates Will in very horridness ways through the duration of the show because he wanted Will to become a killer like him. In the end he reaches his goal, but he complete destroys Will's life in the meantime, just like the war devastates the lives of those who do not partake in it.]]> 2018-10-29 03:11:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lauryn_wedgeworth/axinnfj85xj8/wish/297860314 lauryn_wedgeworth https://padlet.com/lauryn_wedgeworth/axinnfj85xj8/wish/297862196 One signification piece of Mother Courage's dialogue can be found on the top of page 31 where she's responds to the Commander's assertion that he needed brave soldiers. It would seems that to Mother Courage, brave is a keyword naive. She says that when someone needs brave soldiers that "it's a sure sign that something's wrong"( page 31).  Perhaps this is a commentary on how we send young men who have barely entered the adult world off to fight and die in foreign countries. These men are typically of a lower socioeconomic background. They join the military in hopes of bettering their life, but instead become trained killers. ]]> 2018-10-29 03:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lauryn_wedgeworth/axinnfj85xj8/wish/297862196 lauryn_wedgeworth https://padlet.com/lauryn_wedgeworth/axinnfj85xj8/wish/297864022 The interaction between Mother Courage and her son is a very interesting one. Instead of feeling like a family reunion between the two, it feels like two past friends who have lost contact over the years running into each other. While there is a little warmness between the two, this is not a life changing event. At the end of the day, the two will go about their separate lives. At this point, both of Mother Courage's sons have joined the war in some effort. She can't hold on to her children both in the literals and metaphorical sense. We have already established that Eilif is not longer her son. He is now a child of war. ]]> 2018-10-29 03:37:20 UTC https://padlet.com/lauryn_wedgeworth/axinnfj85xj8/wish/297864022 lauryn_wedgeworth https://padlet.com/lauryn_wedgeworth/axinnfj85xj8/wish/297866794 I feels as though this is a central theme through out the play. In this case, its Eilif, but we find out in the next scene that these benefits are just short term as in Scene Three we are told that Eilif has died. Mother Courage obviously benefits because of the war as her businesss relays in the depletion of resources that the war creates. The question then becomes at what cost do these benefits come with. In this scene, Brecht shows that is is family. Mother Courage and her family went from four to two. This war has split this family in to pieces of different puzzles. They no longer fit together because they are not the same people. War changes people. That is a simple fact. It changes people in different ways as shown through this interaction.]]> 2018-10-29 03:53:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lauryn_wedgeworth/axinnfj85xj8/wish/297866794