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"The prime purpose of a political play is to effect change in society". How far and in what ways do you consider that this statement describes the two plays studied?
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"The prime purpose of a political play is to effect change in society". How far and in what ways do you consider that this statement describes the two plays studied? The given statement firstly assumes that the plays are both political, and secondly it does not give an accurate depiction of what is to be considered political. It is fair to assume that all overtly political plays, such as those of Brecht, can be considered to attempt to effect change in society, whether this can be said of Playing the Victim (the Presnyakov Brothers, 2003) and Scaramouche Jones (Justin Butcher, 2001) is open to debate. The simplistic idea of a political play may be interpreted as a play that involves Politics in terms of Governments and Parliaments; whereas another interpretation may be interpreted a political play as one that gives across a message to its audience members. Brecht a founder of...
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