the three gods
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The three gods are divine figures in Bertolt Brecht’s play "The Good Person of Szechwan" who descend to Earth in search of genuine human goodness, setting the moral and dramatic conflict of the story in motion.
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deities in literature
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fictional characters ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Good Person of Szechwan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInForm | stage play ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | epic theatre ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter | Shen Te NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition | modernist drama ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
human weakness
ⓘ
social injustice ⓘ |
| createdBy | Bertolt Brecht NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| descendsTo | Earth ⓘ |
| evaluates | the morality of the people of Szechwan ⓘ |
| expectsFrom | goodness from Shen Te ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceContext | 20th-century theatre ⓘ |
| grants | money to Shen Te ⓘ |
| hasAuthorialFunction | vehicles for Brecht’s social critique ⓘ |
| hasWorkLanguage | German ⓘ |
| influences |
Shen Te’s fate
ⓘ
the structure of the play’s prologue and epilogue ⓘ |
| initiates |
dramatic conflict in The Good Person of Szechwan
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moral conflict in The Good Person of Szechwan ⓘ |
| linkedToTheme |
conflict between ethics and survival
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divine responsibility ⓘ goodness in an unjust society ⓘ limits of charity ⓘ |
| partOf | the moral framework of The Good Person of Szechwan ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
catalysts of the plot
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moral arbiters ⓘ |
| searchesFor | genuine human goodness ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
divine judgment
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idealized morality ⓘ religious authority ⓘ |
| tests | Shen Te NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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