The Caucasian Chalk Circle - Bertolt Brecht J. Bernlef Despising himself for the hate

Despising himself for the hate that he feels

Totdat de situatie in de Waidmann escaleert… Als door een vergrootglas ontleedt Boschwitz

Hij besloot om de politiek in te gaan

kunnen we de ergste uitkomsten wellicht nog voorkomen

is dat duistere krachten het ook op hem gemunt hebben

The Caucasian Chalk Circle - Bertolt Brecht J. Bernlef Despising himself for the hateThe play is a parable inspired by the Chinese play Chalk Circle. Written at the close of World War II, the story is set in the Caucasus mountains of Georgia, and retells the tale of King Solomon and a child claimed by two mothers. A chalk circle is metaphorically drawn around a society misdirected in its priorities. Brecht's statements about class are cloaked in the innocence of a fable that whispers insistently to the audience.