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Bertolt Brecht, The Caucasian Chalk Circle “Life can present us with many unexpected outcomes, the Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht with reference to the career...

      

Bertolt Brecht, The Caucasian Chalk Circle

“Life can present us with many unexpected outcomes, the Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht with reference to the career of Judge Azdok in the play the Caucasian,

write an essay to support this statement.

  

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Lydia
Candidates are expected to bring not the contradictions of Azadk’s judgments unexpected outcomes of his case. Introduction: - Life is never straightforward and sometimes full of suprises.In the cases that Azdak handles as judge.judgements drop come as a surpass both to the audience and the litigants.(2marks)

Points of interpretation:

(i) The case of the doctor and the limping man

- The limping man accuses the doctor of operating him on the wrong leg. The doctor even admits to this when he sap “to err is human” we expects the doctor to be convicted but instead he is acquitted and the limping man is given a bottle of rubbing alcohol as compensation (Page 75-779)

(ii) The invalid versus the doctor.

- The invalid has taken the doctor to court because he claims he paid for the doctor’s medical training and the doctor has never paid him back. He hears that the doctor treats people without charging them consequently, he gets a stroke, leaving him invalid The doctor admits that he treated the liming man for free. Azdak rules that the invalid be fixed 1000 plasters and that the doctor would treat him (the Invalid) for free if he gets another stroke. (Page 75-77)
(iii) The innkeeper versus the stableman

- The innkeeper on behalf of his daughter –in- law Ludovika, has taken the stableman to court accusing him of raping his daughter-in-law.

- From Ludovika‘s explanation, it is clear that the stableman visited her. However Ludovika is sentenced for having assaulted the stableman with a danger weapon and is to pay the court a little room.(page 78-79)

(iv) The three formers versus the old woman.

- The 3 farmers claim their cows disappeared and accuse the old woman of having stolen as she is old woman of having stolen as she is for in possessing a cow and piece of a ham she claims to have received the cow through some miracle working Saint Benedict’s who in reality is her brother –in-law, well known robber. - Unexpected,Azdak fines, each farmer 500plasters for not believing in miracles (page 79-82)

(v) The case of chalk circles.

- Notella accuses Grusha of having stolen her baby whom she left during the war. In her defense, Grusha does not claim any blood ties to the baby. Azdak then drawn a circle and orders that whereas pills the baby out of the circle would get the baby, Natella twice pills the baby out of the circle. However Azdak hands the baby over to Grusha who does not even attempt to pill the baby. Accept any 4 relevant points 4:4:4:4 Conclusion: - Life sometimes is never what one expects. - Any other valid conclusion. (2marks) Language and organization. (4marks)
lydiajane74 answered the question on January 23, 2018 at 07:23


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