Themes: Animals in 'Woyzeck'
- Created by: brontsalevel
- Created on: 01-02-16 14:14
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- Animals in 'Woyzeck'
- Scene One: Andres and Woyzeck
- "It was a hedgehog"
- "(sings) A pair of hares were sitting there nibbling the green, green grass"
- Scene Two: Marie and Margaret
- "And brave as a lion, I'll bet!"
- (to Woyzeck) "You look so wild"
- Scene Three: Fairground
- "You could foal a calvary regiment out of her. And breed drum majors"
- "All that meat to squeeze 'nd yet it moves as easy as a fish"
- "the astronomical horse (..) put humanity to shame"
- "This animal's still in a state of nature, you see, of plain, unvarnished nature."
- Scene Six: Wall
- "******* like a dog down the wall"
- "Have you ever seen nature inside-out, Doctor?"
- "coming apart like a spider's web"
- "You're feeling your way with y'r feet like a insect, man!"
- Scene Seven: Marie and Drum-Major
- "The chest of an ox, with fur like a lion's mane"
- "Christ, I'm going to fill your belly full of drum majors, sire a whole stable of them"
- "Wild, eh? Come on then, animal"
- Scene Eight: Students
- "Animals have no scientific instincts - therefore, I shall use another demonstration subject."
- "Are you going to behave like the cat?"
- Scene Nine: Captain and Doctor
- "Foolhardiness is for scoundrels, for dogs!"
- Scene Ten: Marie and Woyzeck
- "I can't stop people coming down the street or make them wear muzzles, can I?"
- Scene Twelve: Tavern
- "Flesh, filth, man, woman, human, animal"
- Scene Thirteen: She-Wolf
- Scene Fifteen: Tavern
- (pounds his chest)
- Scene Seventeen: Jew
- "Dog!"
- Scene Eighteen: Marie
- (strikes herself on the breast)
- Scene Twenty One: Death
- (he holds the head back and cuts her throat)
- Scene Twenty Three: Drown
- "Beetles whirring like cracked bells"
- Scene One: Andres and Woyzeck
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