Mother Courage and Her Children
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All Themes War, Failure, and Despair Profit, Violence, and Power Love and Nurture Faith and Identity Theater, Performance, and History
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All Characters Mother Courage Eilif Swiss Cheese Kattrin The Chaplain The Cook Yvette Pottier Top Sergeant The Sergeant and One Eye The Young Soldier The Captain The Parson The Lieutenant
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All Terms Guilder Heller Thaler Paymaster Capon
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All Symbols The Wagon Alcohol Red Boots
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Mother Courage and Her Children

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Bertolt Brecht

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