The+Life+of+Galileo,+by+Bertolt+Brecht

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Download the script (again!) and start reading from the top of page 22. Take note of the comments I’ve made about the highlighted words and phrases. Assign roles to group members as you go, and keep reading until Galileo says, “Only the dead are not moved by reason”. Then answer the questions below.=====
 * 1) =====Sagredo says “I have a feeling very like fear Galileo.” Why does he feel this way about looking through the telescope?=====
 * 2) =====Why do you think the introduction to this scene (which we started reading on Monday) says that Galileo “abolishes heaven”?=====
 * 3) =====How does Galileo prove that heavenly bodies rotate around one another?=====
 * 4) =====What medieval ideas does this disprove?=====
 * 5) =====Galileo argues that everyone must now accept the Copernican system because he has proof and people cannot resist reason. Sagredo argues that people do not accept common sense and reason because they prefer to rely on belief and superstition. Who do you think will be proven right in this play?=====

Next, start reading from the comment on page 70. Read until the comment that says “END OF SECTION FIVE”, and answer the following questions.

 * 1) =====Ferdonzi and Andrea have been close friends of Galileo for many years, but they do not want Galileo to recant. Standing by his version of the solar system will probably cost Galileo his life, so why do his friends want him to do it?=====
 * 2) =====The little monk says “force cannot make unseen what has already been seen”. Is he right?=====
 * 3) =====Everyone is very upset at the end of this scene. Is all this emotion all about the movement of heavenly bodies, or is there something more to it? If so, what?=====
 * 4) =====In the end, who won the followers of reason, or the followers of dogmatism?=====