Mother Courage and Her Children
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Prologue Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 Scene 5 Scene 6 Scene 7 Scene 8 Scene 9 Scene 10 Scene 11 Scene 12
Themes
All Themes War, Failure, and Despair Profit, Violence, and Power Love and Nurture Faith and Identity Theater, Performance, and History
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Characters
All Characters Mother Courage Eilif Swiss Cheese Kattrin The Chaplain The Cook Yvette Pottier Top Sergeant The Sergeant and One Eye The Young Soldier The Captain The Parson The Lieutenant
Terms
All Terms Guilder Heller Thaler Paymaster Capon
Symbols
All Symbols The Wagon Alcohol Red Boots
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Allusions Dramatic Irony Foreshadowing Genre Irony Logos Metaphors Mood Motifs Personification Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone Verbal Irony
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by Bertolt Brecht
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