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White1 · 16 Oct 2017, 08:45

The ending of Bertolt Brecht's play, "The Good Woman of Setzuan":

You're thinking, aren't you, that this is no right ending to the play we've seen tonight?
After a story exotic, fabulous, a nasty ending was slipped up on us.
We are deflated too. We too are nettled
To see the curtain down and nothing settled.
How could a better ending be arranged?
Could one change people?
Can the world be changed?
Would new gods do the trick?
Would atheism?
Moral rearmament?
Materialism?
It is for you to find a way my friends
To help good people arrive at happy ends
You write the happy ending to the play
There must, there must, there's got to be a way.

16 Oct 2017, 08:45	#390
White1 Guru Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,625	The ending of Bertolt Brecht's play, "The Good Woman of Setzuan": You're thinking, aren't you, that this is no right ending to the play we've seen tonight? After a story exotic, fabulous, a nasty ending was slipped up on us. We are deflated too. We too are nettled To see the curtain down and nothing settled. How could a better ending be arranged? Could one change people? Can the world be changed? Would new gods do the trick? Would atheism? Moral rearmament? Materialism? It is for you to find a way my friends To help good people arrive at happy ends You write the happy ending to the play There must, there must, there's got to be a way. __________________ "Miserableness is like a small germ I’ve had inside me as long as I can remember. And sometimes it starts wriggling."