The Good Woman of Setzuan

by

Bertolt Brecht

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The Good Woman of Setzuan Symbols

Water

Water, and the way in which it’s commodified, represents the moral conundrum of the capitalist system. Wong, a water seller, functions as a kind of narrator or observer throughout the play’s action. At the…

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Planes and Flying

Like the symbol of water, planes and flying represent the ways in which capitalism controls nearly every element of human society. Whereas Brecht uses the symbol of water to point out how humans engage…

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