Mother courage and her children as a uncaged

Abstract EN

This paper intends to argue that Mother Courage, the main character of Bertolt Brecht’s play, Mother Courage and Her Children (1980), fails to support her children financially because of a socio-psychological state defined by Marx as “alienation”.

Mother Courage’s attempt to maintain and secure financial profit leads to a tragic failure because her endeavor falls into the Marxist category of alienated labor.

Mother Courage is not only a war play.

It presents it characters as a living.