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The Wagon
Mother Courage’s wagon is the overriding symbol at the center of the play; Brecht’s audiences, readers, and performers will rightly interpret it in countless different ways, but one of its clearest functions is as…
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Alcohol
Alcohol represents the futility and indignity of war. Throughout the play, soldiers go and risk their lives for a meager salary, then waste that whole salary on Mother Courage’s brandy in an effort to…
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Red Boots
Yvette Pottier’s provocative red boots represent Kattrin’s desire for love and freedom. In the third scene, Kattrin tries them on and Mother Courage responds by comparing her to a sex worker (like Yvette)…
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