In The Caucasian Chalk Circle, the Written law is not always equivalent to justice. Justify this statement basing your illustration on the Play. Many modern-day societies are built around the written law. Such law defines the sovereignty, powers and the rights of each individual. However, the laws also dictate the limitations to such rights and their impact. In the play, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Bertolt Brecht observes that sometimes, the written law is not always justice. In the prologue, the old man representing the Rosa Luxembourg, exclaims that the disputed land belongs to them by law upon which, the Girl Tractorist observes that such laws ought to be changed. Although this is an indicator of the changing rules, it also postulates the new norm - a norm that transcends laws that have refused to keep up with the changing society. During the times when Azdak was judge, the written rule becomes the judge's cushion. Instead of following the written law, Az...
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