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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