Mother_Courage

Mother Courage Mother Courage and Her Children The story of Mother Courage and Her Children is one of progressive ruin in the face of war and it’s devastating consequence. As each of Courage’s children leave or die, the burden placed upon her is augmented. By the end of Brecht’s tale, Mother Courage is forced to, quite literally, carry her burdens on her own. As a director, a proper approach to the script would take this progression into account. To exemplify the corrosion of Mother Courage’s world, and the expansion of her burden, attention must be drawn to the wagon, the primary symbol of Courage’s hope and her duty. A possible approach to the symbolism of the wagon would be to increase its size from the beginning of the play to the end. By the final scene, Courage would be pulling courage, mother, courage’s, war, songs, children, burden, both, wagon, should, play, literally, hope, end, consequence, beginning, approach, as, world, upon, ultimately, thus, though, tasks, tale, take, symbolism, symbol, sung, subsists, structure, story, stage, size, sheets