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Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn.

Bertolt Brecht

The alienation effect in German epic theater is achieved not only through the actors, but also through music (chorus and song) andsets (transparencies, film strips, etc.). Its main purpose is to place the staged events in their historical context.
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Art Epic Film History Purpose Song
It was never decreed that a god mustn’t pay hotel bills.
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Bills Hotel Pay
I opened the man’s skull and messed about with his brains. I saw how they patched fellows up, so as to cart them back to the Front as quickly as they could.
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Brains Cart Front Patch Skull
The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
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Deserve Innocent Shots
Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.
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Fall Heaven Snow
What kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?
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Kind Silence Tree
People are too durable, that’s their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
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Long People Silly
If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.
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Art Mirrors Special
With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose.
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Majority Purpose Shoulders
General, your tank is a powerful vehicle it smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. but it has one defect: it needs a driver.
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Crush Men Powerful
The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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Crazy Literature Teacher
On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
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Brother Cities Thinking
Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
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Art Hammers Mirrors
You can make a fresh start with your final breath.
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Breaths Finals Fresh Start
Would it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?
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Another Government People
Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
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Fear Today Triumph

Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn.

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