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Cliff Bradshaw's Cabaret

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Cabaret was set in the late 1920’s and was supposed to be a satire of the change of thinking and the rise of the Nazi party. Cliff Bradshaw was supposed to represent the Americans and how they had changed their ways of thinking. An example of this from the play was when Bradshaw was trying to convince Sally Bowles to leave Germany with him because of the Nazi Party. On the other hand, Sally Bowles was supposed to represent all of the individuals who did not want to see the changes in the world and those who wanted to be oblivious to what was happening. This is also depicted in the same scenario because Sally had no desire to leave Germany even though some of her fiends were being targeted by the Nazis. The play does not focus much on the Nazi Party, however when the Party was mentioned it because prevalent that the country was accepting to the beliefs of Hitler. This is shown when Ernst Ludwig starts to bring in money for the Party. Ernst Ludwig also recruits Cliff Bradshaw to help the Nazi Party, however when Bradshaw figures out what he is doing, he quits. When Bradshaw quit helping the Nazi Party, he showed how the Americans felt about the objectives of the Nazi Party. …show more content…

Herr Schultz and Fräulein Schneider show how the religion should not play a part in love. Fräulein Schneider and Herr Schultz host an engagement party, which ends up causing more trouble. In the end, Fräulein Schneider decides to leave Herr Schultz because he was Jewish but it was obvious that she loved him. Later in the play Bradshaw gets beaten up by Ernest because he will not do another job for the Nazi Party and because he was associating with a Jew. This connects to the Christian faith because God commands that all individuals love their neighbor like themselves. This applies to all individuals of all faiths. Many times during the play, race and religion became a major

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