Bertolt Brecht attempted to combat what he saw as a corrupt capitalist society with his greatest weapon: theater. By implementing a style of theater that invoked audience engagement in a new way, he hoped to call attention to the wrongdoing of German society and spark a revolution. He called his technique Epic Theater, which required the participation and cooperation of both spectator and performer to be effective. Epic Theater is structured in a certain way so that the audience can apply critique to the world around them after leaving the performance. Brecht began his career in small steps, writing theater reviews, short stories and directing here and there. Once he began writing plays, his career took off and his works gained popularity throughout Germany. He then moved to Berlin and found further success, creating Man is Man, his first officially recognized epic drama, and the famous Lehrstucke, a series of plays intended for teaching. The Lehrstucke did not need an audience, teaching the performer as well. They often used repetitive refrains and aimed to demonstrate an acceptance of poverty. His productive days in the capital were short-lived, however, as in 1933, Hitler assumed the post of chancellor. The Nazi Party strictly controlled what types of media were allowed or not, and many creators of banned media were persecuted as a result. Many authors notably sought to avoid capture and therefore went into self-exile in order to protect themselves and their own creative freedom. Brecht was one of them, leaving Germany for Denmark. He moved from place to place around the world, but didn't let that stop his writing career. He continued to work wherever he went and finally, in 1948, he was a...... middle of paper ......ion for which actors received their lines just before going on stage and play them. With Brecht's style of short lines and many characters sharing the spotlight, doing without a plot was convenient. This also allowed the necessary distance between the actor and the role, preventing the actor from spending time getting to know his character and developing his emotions. The lack of a script ended up helping both the actor and the audience in the Epic Theater experience. Epic Theater was a new and ambitious concept in nature. It aimed to provoke thought, opinion, judgment, deliberation and discussion. A public with a new perspective on the world around them, with eyes opened to the injustice of the government system, is then motivated to push for change. Brecht used his theater to perpetuate change and dismantle an evil capitalist German society..