Bertolt Brecht, in writing Life of Galileo, plants the essence of Quintilian's quote in his text through Galileo's actions. ... The people acknowledge the fact that the "pleasures are few" in their daily lives (80), but confronts Galileo with their stark reality: "Who wouldn't like to say and do just as he (Galileo) pleases?... The acceptance of geese denotes Galileo's defeat, not by the authority, but rather by himself. ... Eventually, Galileo is forced to compromise his knowledge for food. ... While Galileo gives up his duty as scientist, Andrea takes on Ga...

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The Church of Galileo's time did not believe this, nor did the Nazis of Brecht's lifetime. ... This is the reason why Brecht, who did not voice his Marxist values during the reign of the Nazi Party, displays Galileo in the original Life of Galileo as a heroic character of whom he idolizes. ... Galileo may have recanted to the Inquisition in each version of the play, but in the first writing, he is not insulted by Andrea because the boy knows Galileo will not halt his research until it has been proven and accepted by all of mankind. ... Ludovico also does not have a love affair with...

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Bertolt Brecht was born in Augsburg in 1898. His father, a Catholic, was a director of a paper company and his mother, a Protestant, was the daughter of a civil servant. Brecht began to write poetry as a boy, and had his first poems published in 1914 at the age of 16. In 1917 Brecht enrolled as a m...

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