The Measures Taken
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The Measures Taken is a didactic play by German dramatist Bertolt Brecht that explores revolutionary ethics and collective responsibility through the lens of epic theatre.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Measures Taken canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: The Measures Taken Context triple: [Bertolt Brecht, notableWork, The Measures Taken]
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Measures
Measures are formal legislative instruments of the Church of England that, once approved by both Church and Parliament, have the same legal effect as Acts of Parliament.
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Plan of Attack
Plan of Attack is a nonfiction book by investigative journalist Bob Woodward that examines the Bush administration’s decision-making and strategy leading up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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The Act
The Act is a Hulu true-crime anthology drama series that dramatizes real-life criminal cases, beginning with the story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and the murder of her mother Dee Dee.
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The Response
The Response is a prominent sculptural group at Canada's National War Memorial in Ottawa, symbolizing the nation's sacrifice and commitment in times of war.
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Barriers
Barriers is a 1986 book by Noam Chomsky that develops key aspects of generative syntax, particularly within the Government and Binding framework, by introducing the concept of "barriers" to syntactic movement.
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Target entity: The Measures Taken Target entity description: The Measures Taken is a didactic play by German dramatist Bertolt Brecht that explores revolutionary ethics and collective responsibility through the lens of epic theatre.
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A.
Measures
Measures are formal legislative instruments of the Church of England that, once approved by both Church and Parliament, have the same legal effect as Acts of Parliament.
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B.
Plan of Attack
Plan of Attack is a nonfiction book by investigative journalist Bob Woodward that examines the Bush administration’s decision-making and strategy leading up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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C.
The Act
The Act is a Hulu true-crime anthology drama series that dramatizes real-life criminal cases, beginning with the story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and the murder of her mother Dee Dee.
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D.
The Response
The Response is a prominent sculptural group at Canada's National War Memorial in Ottawa, symbolizing the nation's sacrifice and commitment in times of war.
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E.
Barriers
Barriers is a 1986 book by Noam Chomsky that develops key aspects of generative syntax, particularly within the Government and Binding framework, by introducing the concept of "barriers" to syntactic movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
didactic play
ⓘ
epic theatre work ⓘ play ⓘ |
| alternateName | Die Maßnahme ⓘ |
| author | Bertolt Brecht ⓘ |
| collaborator | Hanns Eisler ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| dramaticStyle | epic theatre ⓘ |
| dramaticTechnique |
Verfremdungseffekt
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chorus ⓘ narration ⓘ songs ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
party discipline
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self-criticism ⓘ subordination of individual to collective ⓘ violence in revolution ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType |
agitators
ⓘ
party functionaries ⓘ young comrade ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1930 ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace | Berlin ⓘ |
| form | play in scenes ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic play
ⓘ
epic theatre ⓘ political theatre ⓘ |
| hasForm | Lehrstück ⓘ |
| hasSubject | revolutionary cell in a foreign country ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Leninist party doctrine
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Marxist theory ⓘ |
| intendedFunction |
didactic instruction
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political education ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
collective responsibility
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communist revolution ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ revolutionary ethics ⓘ |
| movement |
epic theatre
ⓘ
surface form:
Brechtian theatre
epic theatre ⓘ
surface form:
epic theatre movement
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| musicBy | Hanns Eisler ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
direct address to audience
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minimal psychological characterization ⓘ use of chorus as collective voice ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| period | Weimar Republic ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
Marxism
ⓘ
communism ⓘ revolutionary movement ⓘ |
| setting |
Moscow
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| structure | prologue and scenes ⓘ |
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Subject: The Measures Taken Description of subject: The Measures Taken is a didactic play by German dramatist Bertolt Brecht that explores revolutionary ethics and collective responsibility through the lens of epic theatre.
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