German theater practitioner Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) believed that theater should elicit an intellectual rather than an emotional response from audiences, provoking them to consider social and political realities that extend beyond the characters and events depicted onstage. Brecht’s influence can be seen in English playwright Caryl Churchill’s 1979 play Cloud 9: although the play sometimes invites empathetic reactions, it primarily works to engage audiences in an interrogation of patriarchy and colonialism, which it does by placing audiences at a distance, thereby encouraging them to ______

Question

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(Choice A) reflect on social and political phenomena not directly related to patriarchy and colonialism.
A
reflect on social and political phenomena not directly related to patriarchy and colonialism.
(Choice B) focus on the characters’ beliefs about social and political issues as revealed by the characters’ actions.
B
focus on the characters’ beliefs about social and political issues as revealed by the characters’ actions.
(Choice C) be dispassionate as they think critically about the social and political questions raised by the play.
C
be dispassionate as they think critically about the social and political questions raised by the play.
(Choice D) recognize pertinent social and political parallels between Germany during Brecht’s time and England at the time when Churchill was writing Cloud 9.
D
recognize pertinent social and political parallels between Germany during Brecht’s time and England at the time when Churchill was writing Cloud 9.

Answer 1

reflect on social and political phenomena not directly related to patriarchy and colonialism.