Use of Characters in The Caucasian Chalk Circle.

The characters of the play The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht are presented to the audience as living in a society where people of a particular class are dominant over others. Hegemonic societies such as this present unseen inequalities towards the lower, working class, the class viewed as inferior or submissive in opposition to the dominant upper class or the aristocracy. In order for the audience to have the opportunity to question their society, this injustice must be visibly presented through issues of class and gender, as well as the construction of several characters such as Grusha, Natella Abashvilli, Simon Chachava, and Azdek. By viewing the inequalities of the society created in The Caucasian Chalk Circle, the audience is challenged to argue the necessity for change in their own.

There are two particular classes made apparent in The Caucasian Chalk Circle, one dominant, the other submissive. The first of these is the aristocracy, the higher class to which Georgi ...