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Mother Courage as a Tragedy/Anti-War Play


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1 Department of English, Gaur Brahman Degree College, Rohtak, Haryana, India
     

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Like Aristophane's "Peace and Lysistra", Mother Courage and her children is an anti-war play. It is an excruciating tragedy. Aristotle defines tragedy as, incorporating,-

"incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish the catharsis of such emotions."


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Manisha Khasa
Department of English, Gaur Brahman Degree College, Rohtak, Haryana, India

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Like Aristophane's "Peace and Lysistra", Mother Courage and her children is an anti-war play. It is an excruciating tragedy. Aristotle defines tragedy as, incorporating,-

"incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish the catharsis of such emotions."