Die Ratten: Berliner Tragikomödie by Gerhart Hauptmann
"Die Ratten: Berliner Tragikomödie" by Gerhart Hauptmann is a drama premiered in 1911. Set in a decaying Berlin tenement, the play interweaves two contrasting stories: a desperate cleaning woman who buys a baby to replace her dead child, spiraling into tragedy when the birth mother has regrets, and a pompous theater director who preaches classical ideals while betraying them. This naturalist work critiques wilhelminian society by contrasting the existential struggles of the
poor with the hollow pretensions of the bourgeoisie. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Hauptmann, Gerhart, 1862-1946 |
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| Title | Die Ratten: Berliner Tragikomödie |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rats_(play) Wikipedia page about this book: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Ratten |
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| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 86.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | German drama |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 52952 |
| Release Date | Sep 1, 2016 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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