We read up to scene 6 as a group, and I began to develop an understanding of the play and of the characters. I learned that Dogsborough, is a very old man in his 80's and has been involved with the gangsters of Chicago and that Arturo Ui feels he should be in power and wants to make a difference to the Cauliflower business, he is passionate about what he wants to do and has VERY long monologue speeches in the play, he is very alike Hitler, who similarly had long speeches about how he wants to change society and what he wants people to do.
Dogsborough does not like Arturo, and feels very threatened by him, and I feel as he is an old man he is being bullied into things he does not want to do.
I feel in ways this play is a dark satire of Hitlers rise to power and Arturo portrays Hitler, in a comedic, dark way.
Also In todays lesson, we had a discussion about Hitler, as the play is based on the Rise of Hilter, as it was written the same time as Hitlers rise and reign. We got onto the topic of how powerful and passionate Hitler was during his speeches, he embraced his "audience" and he was a very good public speaker, he has such a presence during his speeches and he is very intimidating, you can tell he truly believes what he is saying and he was determined to make a change. In ways I feel Hitler was misunderstood, as I do believe he imposed the things he did for the welfare of his country,BUT he did take things much too far with the Jews, and the murders of thousands of innocent people just because of their beliefs or the way they looked,that was absolutely awful, but as a dictator and a public speaker, Hitler was motivational, powerful and passionate about what he was saying.
Other famous dictators who have delivered powerful speeches are;
- JULIUS CEASAR
- KIM JONG II(North Korea) Kim Jong speech
- AL-GADDAFI (Libya) Gaddafi powerful speech
- IDI AMIN DADA(Uganda)Idi Amin Speech
Here are three videos I have watched for research into Hitler and why Arturo Ui is based on him, these speeches are chilling and so powerful, I felt uncomfortable watching these as the power he has within his words and his body language just over take everything else, and I imagine being in the same room as him would have been terrifying yet empowering for those who followed and believed in him. Watching these videos and researching more into Hitler has helped me understand why Brecht focused this play on the life of Hitler and I have discovered a lot about Hitler that I did not know.
Hitler's speech
Hitler talking about Jews
Adolf Hitler & Nazi's
- Larceny- Stealing, unlawful, illegal
- Commodity Exchange- World trading
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